hello 2011/6/26 Vincent Veyron <vv.lists@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Le dimanche 26 juin 2011 à 00:05 -0700, Darren Duncan a écrit : >> Michael Nolan wrote: > >> Having real BOOLEAN is just one of the reasons I like Postgres the most. >> > > Would you mind giving an example of where a boolean field would be a win > over an integer one? everywhere, where you require readability. For me a FALSE is more readable than 1 <> 0 or TRUE instead 1 = 1 Regards Pavel Stehule > > I'm asking this because I frequently wonder what is best for my use; I > normally query postgres via Perl modules, which don't care about boolean > (the driver converts t/f to 0/1), but I like to tune my fields properly. > sure, it depends on fact if outer environment knows or doesn't know a boolean datatype. > > -- > Vincent Veyron > http://marica.fr/ > Logiciel de gestion des sinistres et des contentieux pour le service juridique > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
