On Mar 15, 2006, at 20:30, Hershel Robinson wrote: > one which has views which can be (apparently) materialized or not > materialized. You are using Oracle, aren't you? > Anyone have any thoughts about this? Following some kind of naming convention is common practice: "SQL Naming Conventions" http://www.dbazine.com/db2/db2-disarticles/gulutzan5 "The choice of naming conventions can be an enormously controversial issue, with partisans of each holding theirs to be the best and others to be inferior." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier_naming_convention Cheers -- PA, Onnay Equitursay http://alt.textdrive.com/