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.
* Create a domain, something like:
CREATE DOMAIN gender_domain
AS character varying(7)
NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT gender_domain_check CHECK ((((VALUE)::text =
'male'::text) OR ((VALUE)::text = 'Female'::text)))
I personally prefer the second, as it's self-documenting...is there
any other/better way of doing it?
--Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell
Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland
rod@iol.ie
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