\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{mcorcoran} \pdfinfo{ /Title (sol-t-sql-coding-standards.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (mcorcoran) /Subject (Sol T-SQL Coding Standards Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Sol T-SQL Coding Standards Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{mcorcoran} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/36834/cs/11584/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}mcorcoran \\ \uline{cheatography.com/mcorcoran} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 26th April, 2017.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{General}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Always use lower case} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Use consistent and descriptive identifiers and names. & first\_name, address\_1, contact\_id \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{literal\}\}Include comments in SQL code where necessary. Use the C style opening /{\emph{ and closing }}/ & \{\{literal\}\}/{\emph{this is a comment}}/ \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Names must begin with a letter and may not end with an underscore.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Avoid the use of multiple consecutive underscores—these can be hard to read} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Use underscores where you would naturally include a space in the name & ie {\bf{first\_name}} not firstName, {\bf{contact\_id}} not contactId \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.64 cm} x{3.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Column Naming Conventions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Always use the singular name & {\bf{first\_name}} not firstNames \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Always use lowercase} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Do not add a column with the same name as its table and vice versa} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Always add a identity column to the table and make it a primary key & order\_id int identity(1,1) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Common Column Names}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{part\_no} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{first\_name, last\_name} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{address\_1, address\_2} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{postal\_code} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{order\_id, cart\_id} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Query Syntax}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Always use uppercase for the reserved keywords like SELECT and WHERE} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{To make the code easier to read it is important that the correct compliment of spacing is used. Do not crowd code or remove natural language spaces.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Spaces should be used to line up the code so that the root keywords all end on the same character boundary} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Although not exhaustive always include spaces before and after equals (=), after commas (,), surrounding apostrophes (') where not within parentheses or with a trailing comma or semicolon.} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Table Naming Convertions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Always use the singlar & {\bf{st\_contact}} not st\_contacts, \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Use underscores where you would naturally include a space & {\bf{ex\_order\_detail}} not exOrderDetail \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{A two or three character table identifier maybe used, if the database has identefiers stick with the naming convention} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Never give a table the same name as one of its columns and vice versa.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} When concatenating two tables, use a table name that appropriately reflects the relationship & orders to users relationship would involve order, user, and {\bf{user\_order}} tables \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} x{7.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Table Prefixes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ex\_ & {\bf{extra}} - This table contains specific data to the customer of the database is it's functionality is not repeated in other databases \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} hst\_ & {\bf{history}} - This table is contains historic data that is used for reporting \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ld\_ & {\bf{load}} - This table is used with TDI to load data into the system. It's data is temporary and supplied by a customer \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} sb\_ & {\bf{smartbuy}} - This table contains infomration related to accounts, branches or carts or transaction \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sc\_ & {\bf{smartcat}} - This table contains data related to the smartcat catalog \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} st\_ & {\bf{smartsite}} - This table contains information related to logins or contact details \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tmp\_ & {\bf{temporary}} - This table contains temporary data that can be deleted when done \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Some database's may have table prefixes, a two or three character code to identify the tables function in the database.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Stored Procedures}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{The name must contain a verb.} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Follow the format of \seqsplit{usp\_Action\_BusinessEntity} & {\bf{usp\_SEL\_User}}, {\bf{usp\_INS\_User}}, {\bf{usp\_DEL\_User}}, {\bf{usp\_UPD\_User}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Use the prefix USP & {\bf{usp\_}} not {\bf{sp\_}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}