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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:35:44+00:00

Is there a database term for table or view? In my app, the table

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Is there a database term for ‘table or view’?
In my app, the table name I’m pulling data from is configurable using the configuration setting UserTableName Now the DBA went and renamed the table but created a view using the original name.
So nothing changed on my side but now I feel that UserTableName is misleading and I would like to change it to UserWhateverName where Whatever is a term for a table or view.
Is there such a thing or am I just being an idiot?

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  1. Logical models use the terms entity/attribute; physical models use table/column. I don’t know if a modeler would object, but maybe you can call it ‘UserEntity’.

    Here’s a question: Why should it matter? When you write a query in SQL, you don’t know or care that it’s a table or view. Why should your schema?

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