Oracle Object Naming Standards/Conventions

Question

I did a search on the Inet regarding recommended object (table, column, keys, ..., audit columns) naming conventions. I found different approaches, but I would like to know if there's a document with the naming conventions Oracle recommends/is using?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I have visited http://www.dba-oracle.com/standards_schema_object_names.htm
Oracle column naming Standards
Column Naming Standards
Column names should be spelled out whenever possible.
If a column name should exceed 30 characters, reduce the size of the column name in this order:
From the left of the column name, remove vowels from each word in the table name except for the first vowel of each word.
If the column name is still greater than 30 characters, use standardized shorthand indicators. Record this standard for consistent use.
I agree with the author that column names should be spelled out whenever possible. Some Oracle official database examples use abbreviations for column names but
I would prefer to user long Column Name that spells out the actual name.
For example, in Scott/tiger sample database, for EMP table, it is better to spell out the full name of column name so that UI design could be easier for the programmers.
EMPNO Employee_No
ENAME Employee_Name
JOB Job
MGR Manager_Employee_No
HIREDATE Hire_Date
SAL Salary
COMM Commision
DEPTNO Departmen_No
Since Forms Builder 10g and JDeveloper ADF can generate forms/applications using wizards, using a full column name will be better than an abbreviation, as the prompt for Item is automatically converted by Forms,
e.g. The prompt for Customer_Number becomes "Customer Number"
If you use abbreviation in column names, you need to change the prompts of generated forms manually.
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