SA0061B : Check table names used in CREATE TABLE statements for table name following specified naming convention

The topic describes the SA0061B analysis rule.

Message

Check table names used in CREATE TABLE statements for table name following specified naming convention

Description

The rule checks the naming of table in CREATE TABLE statements.

The NamePattern variable can be used to select or define the desired pattern which will be used to check the object name.

Regular expression patterns can be used, but the pattern must be prefixed with ‘regexp:’ string in order to be used as a matching regular expression.

How to fix

Review the table name and rename it according to the naming convention.

Scope

The rule has a Batch scope and is applied only on the SQL script.

Parameters
Name Description Default Value
NamePattern

Table name pattern.

regexp:[A-Z][A-Za-z1-9_]+
SchemaQualifiedNamePattern

Schema qualified name pattern.

–
TemporaryTableNamePattern

Temporary table name pattern.

regexp:[A-Z][A-Za-z1-9_]+
Remarks

The rule does not need Analysis Context or SQL Connection.

Effort To Fix
8 minutes per issue.
Categories

Naming Rules, Code Smells

Additional Information

There is no additional info for this rule.

Example Test SQL
SQL
Copy
 1CREATE TABLE dbo.EmployeePhoto
 2    (
 3    EmployeeId int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
 4    ,Photo varbinary(max) FILESTREAM NULL
 5    ,MyRowGuidColumn uniqueidentifier NOT NULL ROWGUIDCOL
 6        UNIQUE DEFAULT NEWID()
 7    );
 8
 9
10CREATE TABLE [T1.T2]
11(c1 int, c2 nvarchar(200) )
12WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW);
13
14CREATE TABLE tblMyTable
15(c1 int, c2 nvarchar(200) )
16WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW);
Analysis Results
  Message Line Column
1 SA0061B : The table [T1.T2] does not match the naming convention. The expected key name is [[A-Z][A-Za-z1-9_]+]. 10 13
2 SA0061B : The table [tblMyTable] does not match the naming convention. The expected key name is [[A-Z][A-Za-z1-9_]+]. 14 13
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