2010/1/19 Bret S. Lambert <bret.lambert@gmail.com>:
> Isn't this just over-engineering? Why not let the database do
> the work, and add the column with a default value of 0, so that
> you don't have to modify whatever 3rd-party app dumps the data:
But what if his third-party software does something silly like a "select *"
on the table and then gets a hissy fit because the data doesn't match
the expectations any longer?
Cheers,
Andrej
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