Why not use ENUM?
create table test
bool ENUM('t', 'f') default 't' not null,
val1 char(15),
val2 int
...
...
It will "map" T to a 0 and F to 1. It's nearly identical to what
you're doing, but it may seem more intuitive to some.
Cheers,
Chris Oson
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From: Scott Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: What type of a Column for "True" or "False"?
I wish MySQL had a boolean datatype for this exact reason. Unfortunately
it doesn't, so for all the times I've needed on I've just used a "Tinyint"
and set 0 to false, and -1 (or 1) to true.
At 05:41 PM 1/16/2001 +0000, SED wrote:
>Hi, I'm new to MySQL and I want to create a column which only needs to
>include "True" or "False" statement, but I'm not sure what type of a column
>I should use. Can you give me a hint? I have read the manual but it was not
>enough to convince me.
>
>Regards,
>Sumarlidi Einar Dadason
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