Back-End Standard

Naming Conventions and Standards

• Database Object Name (i.e. Table, Sequence, View, Index, Trigger, Package, Procedure, Function, Materialized View, Job, Type, Directory, Constraints, Synonyms and Tablespace ) should be meaningful. Example : Table Name "HRS_EMPLOYEE_PERSONNEL"
• Column Name should be clearly defined and meaningful. Example : Employee_ID
• Database Object name and Column name should not contain the Number and Special characters except "_" character
• Constraints name should be clearly defined and must be used the prefix and suffix when creating the constraints

Constraints Name
Abbreviation	Description	Example
fk	References (Foreign Key)	hr_emp_empid_fk
uk	Unique Key	hr_emp_empid_uk
pk	Primary Key	hr_emp_empid_pk
ck	Check	hr_emp_empid_ck
nn	Not Null	hr_emp_empid_nn

• Use the following prefix in Identifier/Variable naming conventions (Local Variable, Global Variable, Parameter Variable, Constant Variable)

Abbreviation	Description	Example	Comment
k	Constant	k_mailhost	Generic constant
g	Variable	g_loop_count	Global (package-level) variable
v	Variable	v_loop_count	Local variable
p	Variable	p_loop_count	Parameter variable