Re: Male/female

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Male/female
Date: 2006-12-08 19:06:13
Message-ID: 4579B7A5.4020805@cox.net
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On 12/08/06 09:31, John Meyer wrote:
> Second method might be better.

Too much heat from declaring "Males are True, Females are False"?

> Of course, you could also do a one chracter gender "M/F" if you want to
> save space.
>
> Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
>> Just wondering.....how do list member represent gender when storing
>> details of people in a database?
>>
>> I've done it two ways:
>>
>> * A bool column, with the understanding that true/false represents
>> one gender or the other.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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