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JavaScript Using SQL ORMs with Node.js Defining Models Use Options to Adjust Models

Posted by Tim Wang
Tim Wang
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model name vs table name

Since "model" in ORM equals "table" in database and we communicate with DB through ORM, why do we care about table names? (in Movie.init(), it seems that we can set table name to whatever we like and different from model name)

1 Answer

Robert Manolis
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Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Robert Manolis
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Tim Wang, it's a preference thing as I understand it. It's just a way of providing the option of customizing the table name. Here's a Sequelize doc that talks more about this. :thumbsup: