> > Is there a boolean field type (Yes/No; True/False, 1/0) in MySQL or what is
> > closest to the boolean type
>
> ShortInt: 0 == FALSE, <> 0 == TRUE
> That's how I do it anyway.
>
> Or maybe combine multiple bool fields to one and use binary logic.
Or quoting from http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq/faq.html
Q: create a column of type BOOLEAN?
MySQL does not have a boolean type per se. The usual way to create a boolean value, is
to use the ENUM type:
mysql> CREATE TABLE truths
-> (answer ENUM('true','false') NOT NULL);
(don't forget the NOT NULL clause, or you end up having not two, but three legal
values for the field.)
You can also use the following hack to define a field which can contain only one of
two values, namely the empty string ("") or NULL:
mysql> CREATE TABLE truths
-> (answer CHAR(0));
The special beauty of the second example is that the data in the field only occupies
one bit, as opposed to an ENUM field, which always occupies at least a byte. However,
you get to do quite a bit of encoding and decoding of these values on your front end...
regards,
thalis
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