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I'm in the US, and it would be common at my workplace to refer to the linear measurement numbers stamped on a cable as "footage". For example, "what was the footage of the cable where you spliced it?"
I'm now working an a system that will record some of these measurements on cables. But I'm having a hard time calling it "footage" because in the context, it would be very easy (possibly even likely) in the future for the unit of measure to be meters. And while the system itself could display the in feet or meters based on user preference, it is likely to store meters in its database, which will also require a name for the data field.
"footage" from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition:
n. Length, extent, or amount based on measurement in feet.
What would the word be if the "in feet" part of that definition became "in meters" or just went away entirely? Is there a generic word for this regardless of the unit of measure? Or is there a metric system version of "footage"? Or is it normal in places that use the metric system regularly to say "footage" even when the unit of measure is meters? What would someone in Britain say (where they once used feet but now presumably use meters)?
I'd like something short, one word would be preferable.
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I'm in the US, and it would be common at my workplace to refer to the linear measurement numbers stamped on a cable as "footage". For example, "what was the footage of the cable where you spliced it?"
I'm now working an a system that will record some of these measurements on cables. But I'm having a hard time calling it "footage" because in the context, it would be very easy (possibly even likely) in the future for the unit of measure to be meters. And while the system itself could display the in feet or meters based on user preference, it is likely to store meters in its database, which will also require a name for the data field.
"footage" from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition:
n. Length, extent, or amount based on measurement in feet.
What would the word be if the "in feet" part of that definition became "in meters" or just went away entirely? Is there a generic word for this regardless of the unit of measure? Or is there a metric system version of "footage"? Or is it normal in places that use the metric system regularly to say "footage" even when the unit of measure is meters? What would someone in Britain say (where they once used feet but now presumably use meters)?
I'd like something short, one word would be preferable.
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I'm in the US, and it would be common at my workplace to refer to the linear measurement numbers stamped on a cable as "footage". For example, "what was the footage of the cable where you spliced it?"
I'm now working an a system that will record some of these measurements on cables. But I'm having a hard time calling it "footage" because in the context, it would be very easy (possibly even likely) in the future for the unit of measure to be meters. And while the system itself could display the in feet or meters based on user preference, it is likely to store meters in its database, which will also require a name for the data field.
"footage" from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition:
n. Length, extent, or amount based on measurement in feet.
What would the word be if the "in feet" part of that definition became "in meters" or just went away entirely? Is there a generic word for this regardless of the unit of measure? Or is there a metric system version of "footage"? Or is it normal in places that use the metric system regularly to say "footage" even when the unit of measure is meters? What would someone in Britain say (where they once used feet but now presumably use meters)?
I'd like something short, one word would be preferable.
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I'm in the US, and it would be common at my workplace to refer to the linear measurement numbers stamped on a cable as "footage". For example, "what was the footage of the cable where you spliced it?"
I'm now working an a system that will record some of these measurements on cables. But I'm having a hard time calling it "footage" because in the context, it would be very easy (possibly even likely) in the future for the unit of measure to be meters. And while the system itself could display the in feet or meters based on user preference, it is likely to store meters in its database, which will also require a name for the data field.
"footage" from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition:
n. Length, extent, or amount based on measurement in feet.
What would the word be if the "in feet" part of that definition became "in meters" or just went away entirely? Is there a generic word for this regardless of the unit of measure? Or is there a metric system version of "footage"? Or is it normal in places that use the metric system regularly to say "footage" even when the unit of measure is meters? What would someone in Britain say (where they once used feet but now presumably use meters)?
I'd like something short, one word would be preferable.
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The answer is in your question: 'length'. No value is added by introducing the unit of measurement into the concept. But in the UK we inconsistently still talk about 'mileage' driven in our cars whilst measuring our carpets in metres.
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Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,footagealways had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points.lengthseems to imply the counting starts at 0. Mayberelative length (m)orlength stamp (m)would work -- thanks for the idea.
– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.wire mark (m)is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.
– Azendale
50 mins ago
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You can't use "meterage" as this has a different meaning, the act of measuring. See Colins Dictionary. So I think you would have to record it as "The length in meters" to avoid possible confusion in situations where both imperial and metric units might be used. It's far safer to do so as there have been several recorded accidents, failures and near accidents where one unit was interpreted as the other.
There is no metric equivalent to the word footage that I, as an engineer and native BrE speaker, have ever heard.
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I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.meetageormootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.
– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call itsusan(ormeetage, ormootage) and it would still work. What's wrong withfootage-- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.
– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
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The answer is in your question: 'length'. No value is added by introducing the unit of measurement into the concept. But in the UK we inconsistently still talk about 'mileage' driven in our cars whilst measuring our carpets in metres.
answered 3 hours ago
JeremyCJeremyC
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Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,footagealways had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points.lengthseems to imply the counting starts at 0. Mayberelative length (m)orlength stamp (m)would work -- thanks for the idea.
– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.wire mark (m)is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.
– Azendale
50 mins ago
add a comment |
The answer is in your question: 'length'. No value is added by introducing the unit of measurement into the concept. But in the UK we inconsistently still talk about 'mileage' driven in our cars whilst measuring our carpets in metres.
answered 3 hours ago
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Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,footagealways had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points.lengthseems to imply the counting starts at 0. Mayberelative length (m)orlength stamp (m)would work -- thanks for the idea.
– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.wire mark (m)is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.
– Azendale
50 mins ago
add a comment |
The answer is in your question: 'length'. No value is added by introducing the unit of measurement into the concept. But in the UK we inconsistently still talk about 'mileage' driven in our cars whilst measuring our carpets in metres.
answered 3 hours ago
JeremyCJeremyC
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The answer is in your question: 'length'. No value is added by introducing the unit of measurement into the concept. But in the UK we inconsistently still talk about 'mileage' driven in our cars whilst measuring our carpets in metres.
answered 3 hours ago
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answered 3 hours ago
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answered 3 hours ago
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answered 3 hours ago
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Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,footagealways had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points.lengthseems to imply the counting starts at 0. Mayberelative length (m)orlength stamp (m)would work -- thanks for the idea.
– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.wire mark (m)is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.
– Azendale
50 mins ago
add a comment |
Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,footagealways had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points.lengthseems to imply the counting starts at 0. Mayberelative length (m)orlength stamp (m)would work -- thanks for the idea.
– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.wire mark (m)is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.
– Azendale
50 mins ago
Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
Even more inconsistently we buy fuel in litres, measure distance travelled in miles and vehicle fuel consumption in miles per gallon involving a conversion between litres and gallons before we can work out our fuel consumption. No wonder people think metrication is difficult.
– BoldBen
2 hours ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,
footage always had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points. length seems to imply the counting starts at 0. Maybe relative length (m) or length stamp (m) would work -- thanks for the idea.– Azendale
1 hour ago
It is not uncommon for a spool of cable to have the starting numbers NOT be 0 and even not necessarily be counting in ascending order. To me,
footage always had the connotation of being relative, and implied that I needed to compare two footages from the same cable to know the length along the cable between two points. length seems to imply the counting starts at 0. Maybe relative length (m) or length stamp (m) would work -- thanks for the idea.– Azendale
1 hour ago
1
1
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
Cable is manufactured in much longer lengths than even the biggest spools of cable (e.g. 1000 meters) that are likely to be used by most people. The numbers start from 0 when the cable is manufactured, before it was cut and spooled. The marks are simply called "wire marks". They are not necessarily one foot apart, even if they measure the length in feet. "Length" is the wrong word, since the length is the difference between the numbers on two wire marks.
– alephzero
59 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.
wire mark (m) is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.– Azendale
50 mins ago
@alephzero Exactly. And the distributors that cut cable to make custom length spools do so by winding reel to reel, thus making the numbers descending if it's happened an odd number of times.
wire mark (m) is actually something that would probably be pretty clear to someone in the field here, even if it is a little bit towards jargon.– Azendale
50 mins ago
add a comment |
You can't use "meterage" as this has a different meaning, the act of measuring. See Colins Dictionary. So I think you would have to record it as "The length in meters" to avoid possible confusion in situations where both imperial and metric units might be used. It's far safer to do so as there have been several recorded accidents, failures and near accidents where one unit was interpreted as the other.
There is no metric equivalent to the word footage that I, as an engineer and native BrE speaker, have ever heard.
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
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I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.meetageormootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.
– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call itsusan(ormeetage, ormootage) and it would still work. What's wrong withfootage-- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.
– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
|
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You can't use "meterage" as this has a different meaning, the act of measuring. See Colins Dictionary. So I think you would have to record it as "The length in meters" to avoid possible confusion in situations where both imperial and metric units might be used. It's far safer to do so as there have been several recorded accidents, failures and near accidents where one unit was interpreted as the other.
There is no metric equivalent to the word footage that I, as an engineer and native BrE speaker, have ever heard.
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.meetageormootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.
– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call itsusan(ormeetage, ormootage) and it would still work. What's wrong withfootage-- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.
– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
You can't use "meterage" as this has a different meaning, the act of measuring. See Colins Dictionary. So I think you would have to record it as "The length in meters" to avoid possible confusion in situations where both imperial and metric units might be used. It's far safer to do so as there have been several recorded accidents, failures and near accidents where one unit was interpreted as the other.
There is no metric equivalent to the word footage that I, as an engineer and native BrE speaker, have ever heard.
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
You can't use "meterage" as this has a different meaning, the act of measuring. See Colins Dictionary. So I think you would have to record it as "The length in meters" to avoid possible confusion in situations where both imperial and metric units might be used. It's far safer to do so as there have been several recorded accidents, failures and near accidents where one unit was interpreted as the other.
There is no metric equivalent to the word footage that I, as an engineer and native BrE speaker, have ever heard.
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
answered 9 hours ago
Peter JenningsPeter Jennings
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6852 silver badges13 bronze badges
I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.meetageormootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.
– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call itsusan(ormeetage, ormootage) and it would still work. What's wrong withfootage-- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.
– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
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I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.meetageormootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.
– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call itsusan(ormeetage, ormootage) and it would still work. What's wrong withfootage-- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.
– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.
meetage or mootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.– Azendale
8 hours ago
I was hoping for something shorter. Being a database field name as the_length_in_meters is a bit unwieldy. Maybe I need to make my own word. At least for the internals of the system.
meetage or mootage? I appreciate the BrE perspective.– Azendale
8 hours ago
2
2
@Azendale For a database field, you could call it
susan (or meetage, or mootage) and it would still work. What's wrong with footage -- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale For a database field, you could call it
susan (or meetage, or mootage) and it would still work. What's wrong with footage -- as long as you know what the units are, why does it matter? This is why naming is off-topic. Your question as it stands is on-topic: thank you for that.– Andrew Leach♦
8 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
@Azendale A field name could be called LEN_MTR it doesn't have to be a valid word, but it's highly desireable that it somehow represents the contents.
– Peter Jennings
7 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
‘Meterage’ would work perfectly well. OED gives ‘Action of measuring a quantity of goods, or commodity. Also: the quantity recorded by such measuring..’. Much the same as ‘measurement’ can be the act or the outcome.
– Spagirl
5 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
@Azendale, displaying it to a user or customer, as an engineer I'd use something like "length (m)". How you represent this in your database column names doesn't have to be visible to anybody but the programmers and DBAs.
– The Photon
3 hours ago
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