Database Naming

On this tab of the Model Settings window you can set naming rules for database objects and their members to be added to the database.

The Database Naming page is divided in two sections - Table and Procedure Names and Table Columns' Names. The options presented in both sections allow to change the names of database objects and their members by adding or removing suffixes, prefixes etc.

Case

Changes the case of the letters in the name. Can take the following values:

Unchanged

Does not change the case.

Capitalized

The first letter of the entity name and the first letter after each underscore in the table name will be uppercase, other letters will be lowercase.

FirstLetterUppercase

The name of an entity begins with a capital letter, the case of other letters will not be changed.

Lower

All letters in the name of an entity are converted to the lower case.

Upper

All letters in the name of an entity are converted to the upper case.

Remove Prefix(es)

Removes the specified prefix(es).

Remove Suffix(es)

Removes the specified suffix(es).

Add Prefix

Adds the specified prefix.

Add Suffix

Adds the specified suffix.

Pluralization

Unchanged

Does not change the number.

Singularize

Singularizes the entities or entity members' name.

Pluralize

Pluralizes the entity or entity members' name.

Remove underscore

Select this check box to remove underscores from the names of the generated tables, views, and columns.

In the Example section, the current and expected names are shown in the corresponding Original and Becomes fields.

 


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