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Names in schemas (Score:1)

by dws (341)

Dealing with names is a mess. It's tempting to split things into "firstname, "initial", "lastname", but, as you've noticed, that falls apart pretty quickly, both for foreign names and for people who use honorifics.

Consider using a single "fullname" field. If you're going to be using the database for generating form letters, add a "salutation" field. That way, "The Right Honorable Horatio Hornblower III" can be addressed as "Dear Horny,".
- Re:Names in schemas (Score:2)
  
  by jdavidb (1361) on 2002.09.06 10:51 (#12577) Homepage Journal
  
  "Firstname" "initial" breaks down horribly for "J. David Blackstone."
  
  On the other hand, I always know it's a telemarketer when they ask for "David J. Blackstone."
  
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  J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
  
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