ConventionOverConfiguration

This concept reflects the notion that configuration (defining a bunch of stuff in a side file) can be avoided by following convention (adhering to prescribed patterns) and that this is generally a good thing. The RDB DAS has several reasonable conventions in place and using these can significantly reduce a developer's work-load.

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For example, consider a database with the following table:

TABLE CUSTOMER
         ID         INTEGER
         LASTNAME   VARCHAR(20)
         ADDRESS    VARCHAR(30)

If an application uses the DAS to query this table with the following SQL statement:

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