Oracle-L: RE: flag

From: Kevin Lange <klange_at_ppoone.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:48:15 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0059F2D8.20030521134815@fatcity.com>

It all depends on what the flag is for.

We have a number of fields that handle 3 values ([A]ctive, [D]elete, [I]nvalid). We use a varchar2(1) field for this.

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Would you use a number or char for a flag in a table? Would you use a char since it's one byte and a number is 22 bytes?

Dave
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