Do you prefer verbose naming when it comes to database columns? [closed]

Answer 1

I'm a fan of option 3:

CREATE TABLE Products
(
    ProductId int NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
    CategoryId int NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Categories(CategoryId),
    Name varchar(200) NOT NULL
)

So the primary key is the only column to gain the table's name as a prefix -- IMHO it makes it easier to see when a join has gone wrong. Then again, I also like using GUIDs for primary keys if there is any possibility of having to cope with a merge replication situation at any point in the future...