Difference between name and label fields in table..?

[Vinay Gatade]

Hi,

While creating new table, what is difference between Label field and Name field..?

Please find screenshot below,

  

Thanks,

Vinay

[RAHUL Khanna1 · Accepted solution]

it is as simple as ...

Nick Name and Official Name .....

Nick name can be any thing and you can change when ever you want ...(Label)

where as Name is the official name once ...constructed ..you cannot change again .....

[Jeff Currier]

The name is the actual name of the table as stored in the database.  The Label is the "nice" name you will see when selecting the table for many functions.

[Allen Andreas]

Hi,

Yea, as others have said, label, is just what is shown front facing, out to everyone else.

Name...is the back-end name of the field which is used in code/script.

You can change the label of a field without any real consequences (mostly).

You are unable to change the name of a field once it's created.

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