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Style Guide - SQL Server Auditing Column Names

Naming convention for auditing fields in a SQL server table.

Abhith Rajan
Abhith RajanFebruary 05, 2020 · 1 min read · Last Updated:

For most of the tables in our DB will have some kind of auditing fields. Following are the column names I used to use for those auditing fields.

Creation Audited

Column NameTypeNullableDescription
CreationTimedatetime2(7)NOT NULLeg. 2019-09-15 13:56:13.8955178
CreatorUserIdNULL

Modification Audited

Column NameTypeNullable
LastModificationTimedatetime2(7)NULL
LastModifierUserIdNULL

Soft Delete

Column NameTypeNullable
IsDeletedbitNOT NULL
DeleterUserIdNULL
DeletionTimedatetime2(7)NULL

If you have worked with ABP before, you know from where I adopted the naming convention.

When I work on a non-ABP project, I used to follow the same column names.

Let me know what you used to name for auditing columns in the comments. 👇

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