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Re: Oracle datatypes

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 02:12:04 GMT
Message-ID: <374361e4.11475323@netnews.worldnet.att.net> 





On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:12:55 GMT, z_e_n_at_my-dejanews.com
wrote:



>    Someone know how is the better way to represent the boolean (logical)


>datatype in the Oracle 8.





You can't represent boolean directly. I usually use a
CHAR(1) field, and allows values of 'T' and 'F', or
sometimes 'Y' or 'N'.



Jonathan

Received on Fri Apr 30 1999 - 21:12:04 CDT












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