Thanks! I am pretty sure you're right.

Thanks to everyone for all their replies. From all the comments I've read from everyone it looks, at least to me, that short database names are not favored by most.

As...

I quite agree. Clarity has a lot going for it!

I really don't think where I work is such a context. I can't really imagine limiting "production" database names to 4 characters in any context. Something about defeating the self-documentation...

Oops, sorry. The mandated standard here is 4 characters vice 5.

So what do you all think about database names as short as 5 characters in length? Which is a standard that is mandated where I work?

Ah, if only we could now get BOL to see the light!

In any case, good article...keep up the good writing!

Dave

Although the overall technical correctness of this article is good there is a glaring error in the narrative. There is no such thing as a "single quote" mark. There is...