On 8 Dec 2006 at 15:12, Jorge Godoy wrote: > I haven't read the beginning of the thread, but will this table be > used only for humans? There are animals that are hermafrodites (I hope Many thanks to all who responded - I had no idea of the monster I was creating in starting this thread! Yes, the table is used only for humans; it's part of some administrative software I'm writing for an educational institution, and the primary purpose of the gender column is to help the users cope with a problem new to the west of Ireland - the large influx of immigrants from Africa, eastern Europe and elsewhere means that it's no longer possible to tell a student's gender just from their name....! --Ray. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond O'Donnell Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland rod@xxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------
