On 27/01/2014 15:16, Edson Richter wrote: > Em 27/01/2014 10:42, Andreas Kretschmer escreveu: >> Raymond O'Donnell <rod@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On 27/01/2014 12:11, Manoj Soni wrote: >>>> Name, Age and Sex >>>> Which tutorial, may help me in this regard. >>> I did a Google search on "tomcat netbeans postgresql tutorial" and >>> turned up some likely-looking links.... should work for you too. :-) >> Right, and as a hint: dont store the AGE of a person, store the >> birthdate instead. >> >> >> Andreas > > Another hint: don't store "sex" (do/don't do?), but "gender" (even > better if tristate: male/female/not informed or "other"). > I already had lots of trouble with customers asking me to adjust my > systems to this new "situation", then I've to change systems and > database... +1 to this... there was a lengthy thread on this list some years ago on this very subject, and it was an eye-opener to see the possibilities that emerged. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@xxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
