Database Name

I am way new to web development. I'm using Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition. I've signed up to have discount ASP.NET host my web site. My assumption is that I need to order the SQL Database addon if I want many of my web site features to work. As I step through the SQL Database addon procedure I come to a point where I apparently need to name my database. What do I need to consider when naming a database? Does it really matter and are there rules I need to follow for choosing this name?

Thanks
Steve

 

Steve,

The naming of your database is arbitrary, there isn't any particular rule in place but you probably want to try and use something descriptive of your project.

For instance, if you're just going to be using the database for your own personal projects, mydevdb would probably work out fine but if you're going to assign a database for a client whose company's name is McDonald's, you would probably want to use something along the lines of mcddb.