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## Overview
You can use this set of guidelines, [fork them](#) or make your own - the
You can use this set of guidelines, [fork them][fork] or make your own - the
key here is that you pick a style and stick to it. To suggest changes
or fix bugs please open an [issue](#) or [pull request](#) on Git Hub.
or fix bugs please open an [issue][] or [pull request][pull] on Git Hub.
## General
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### Reserved words
Always use uppercase for the [reserved keywords](#reserved-keyword-reference)
Always use uppercase for the [reserved keywords][reserved-keywords]
like `SELECT` and `WHERE`.
It is best to avoid the abbreviated keywords and use the full length ones where
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### White space
To make the code easier to read it is important that the correct compliment of
spaces is used. Do not crowd code or remove natural language spaces.
spacing is used. Do not crowd code or remove natural language spaces.
#### Spaces
Spaces should be used to line up the code so that the root keywords all end on
the same character boundary. This forms a river down the middle make it easy for
the same character boundary. This forms a river down the middle making it easy for
the readers eye to scan over the code and separate the keywords from the
implementation detail.
implementation detail. Rivers are [bad in typography][rivers], but helpful here.
```sql
SELECT f.average_height, f.average_diameter
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### General
* Ensure the name is unique and does not exist as a
[reserved keyword](#reserved-keyword-reference)
[reserved keyword][reserved-keywords]
* Keep the length to a maximum of 30 bytes—in practice this is 30 characters
unless you are using multibyte charset
* Names must begin with a letter and may not end with an underscore
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ZEROFILL
ZONE
```
[issue]: #
[fork]: #
[pull]: #
[rivers]: http://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences.html
"Practical Typography: one space between sentences"
[reserved-keywords]: #reserved-keyword-reference
"Reserved keyword reference"