We see a lots of articles on the net and lots of documents are prepared by different project teams in the industry to present / capture the Conventions, coding standards etc. However in reality there is nothing like a Standard / convention as such in most cases. Conventions / Standards are defined to ensure consistency in the coding / documentation across various modules / projects.
Above snapshot shows few of the most commonly used T-SQL Statements.
Having said that, here are few of the conventions / standards that I use while writing T-SQL queries / functions / SPs etc.
- Always type the SQL Keywords in CAPITAL Letters.
- Use proper case while typing names of any database objects/entities. Usually database objects should be named using InitCap / Camel Case.
- Use proper indentation.
- Use Comments wherever necessary.
- Name the Table aliases by concatenating the first letter of all the words in the name of the table. Example: If the table name is FactInternetSales then one of the possible alias is FIS. Define the aliases considering the conflicts if any with the other table aliases.
- While executing stored procedures using "EXEC" command use the variable names while passing input values to the Stored Procedure (SP).
Bad Example:
USE AdventureWorksDW
GO
EXEC sp_spaceused 'FactInternetSales'
GO
Good Example:
USE AdventureWorksDW
GO
EXEC sp_spaceused @objname = 'FactInternetSales'
GO
Above snapshot shows few of the most commonly used T-SQL Statements.
This blog post is updated as and when I find something interesting which I feel like adopting as part of my coding.
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