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Re: FW: Male/female

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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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