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texte = > This is a good time to revisit 'convensions' once again I think. ;-)>> Because WebDNA is written in basic English, it is *always* a good> idea to use naming conventions that are not basic English...>> such as:>> Text vars prefixed with "T_": [text]T_name=3DDonovan[/text]>> Form vars prefixed with "F_": =>> Math vars prefixed with "M_": [math show=3Df]M_total=3D3000[/math]>> Global text vars "G_": [text scope=3Dglobal]G_T_var=3Dsomevalue[/text]>> Customers Database that is specific to a site called "yourdomain"> could be called "YD_customers.db", then the fields: [YDC_NAME] =20> [YDC_ADDRESS] etc..>> You don't have to use what I have above, rather roll your own.> Conventions help insure that you don't run into reserved names, and> they can make it much clearer for a 3rd party programmer to see what> is going on.>> Just my .02=A2 :-)>> DonovanWhile we are at this, Donovan, may I put in a request to increase the =20=limit of [math] var name's char length? I always want to name things =20=longer than 15 chars so I can keep everything straight... not to =20mention adding a prefix for var type.
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> This is a good time to revisit 'convensions' once again I think. ;-)>> Because WebDNA is written in basic English, it is *always* a good> idea to use naming conventions that are not basic English...>> such as:>> Text vars prefixed with "T_": [text]T_name=3DDonovan[/text]>> Form vars prefixed with "F_": =>> Math vars prefixed with "M_": [math show=3Df]M_total=3D3000[/math]>> Global text vars "G_": [text scope=3Dglobal]G_T_var=3Dsomevalue[/text]>> Customers Database that is specific to a site called "yourdomain"> could be called "YD_customers.db", then the fields: [YDC_NAME] =20> [YDC_ADDRESS] etc..>> You don't have to use what I have above, rather roll your own.> Conventions help insure that you don't run into reserved names, and> they can make it much clearer for a 3rd party programmer to see what> is going on.>> Just my .02=A2 :-)>> DonovanWhile we are at this, Donovan, may I put in a request to increase the =20=limit of [math] var name's char length? I always want to name things =20=longer than 15 chars so I can keep everything straight... not to =20mention adding a prefix for var type.
John Butler
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