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Re: Represent boolean

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 2 Jun 2002 21:58:06 -0500
Message-ID: <u4rgk7vaz.fsf@hotpop.com> 





On Sun, 02 Jun 2002, damorgan_at_exesolutions.com wrote:



> Boolean makes sense as a variable but makes no sense as data.




We implement booleans as char(1) with check constraints on the data
entered to be either '1' or '0'.  Why couldn't this be a datatype of a
column?


-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.


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