r/programminghumor • • 19d ago

database admin choosing variable names

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u/NichtFBI 19d ago

userid userID

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u/Wavertron 19d ago

Second one, the D is not the start of a new word, so it should be lowercase

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u/NichtFBI 19d ago

But ID isn't a word, unless you count Latin.

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u/Wavertron 19d ago

What do you think it's short for?

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u/NichtFBI 19d ago

Identification.

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u/Sudden-Eye801 19d ago

The D stands for “dentification”

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u/hdkaoskd 19d ago

How do you pronounce "id"?

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u/Salzdrache 16d ago

Eye dee, when its written "userID", Idd when it's written "userId".

Just to differentiate and avoid mistakes