17.3. The table t_author

This table is a list of all authors, editors, and series editors.

author_id

The unique identifier of each author is stored as a BIGINT value (INTEGER for SQLite).

author_name

The name of the author is stored in a alphanumerical field (maximum lenght 255 characters). The name has the format Lastname[,(F.|First)[(M.|Middle)[,Suffix]]].