Re: Male/female - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: Male/female
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Msg-id 4579B7A5.4020805@cox.net
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In response to Re: Male/female  (John Meyer <john.l.meyer@gmail.com>)
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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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