Re: FW: Male/female - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Broersma Jr
Subject Re: FW: Male/female
Date
Msg-id 679146.19976.qm@web31802.mail.mud.yahoo.com
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In response to FW: Male/female  ("H.J. Sanders" <hjs@rmax.nl>)
Responses Re: FW: Male/female  ("Harald Armin Massa" <haraldarminmassa@gmail.com>)
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> > > Just wondering.....how do list members 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.
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> > We have done it with a integer whereby
> >
> > 0 = woman
> > 1 = man
> >
> > also self-documenting   :-)
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This gave me my first good laugh of the day... I will never accuse DBAs of not having a sense of
humor albeit unique!

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

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