This thread is funny, When I first read the phrase in question it made perfect sense in the context in which it was written.
Is the next change to the manual going to remove the example in chapter "6.4.5 UPDATE Syntax" which refers to age; mysql> UPDATE persondata SET age=age*2, age=age+1; Removed because it's ageist and therefore branded as non politically correct and subsequently binned? I hope not :) Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Richard E. Perlotto II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 February 2003 17:12 To: 'Paul DuBois'; 'Defryn, Guy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is it my English or does this sound bad? Why not just use the word gender..... Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:18 AM > To: Defryn, Guy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Is it my English or does this sound bad? > > > At 15:58 +1300 2/5/03, Defryn, Guy wrote: > >I was just reading through the Mysql manual section 3.32 > >And came across a sentence that started like this > > > >Animal sex can be represented in a variety of ways > > > >My mother tongue is not English but doesn't it sound rude ? :-) > > Yes, it does, and current versions of the manual are worded > differently: > > Several types of values can be chosen to represent sex in > animal records ... > > > > > > > > >mysql> CREATE TABLE pet (name VARCHAR(20), owner VARCHAR(20), > > -> species VARCHAR(20), sex CHAR(1), birth DATE, death DATE); > > > >VARCHAR is a good choice for the name, owner, and species columns > >because the column values will vary in length. The lengths of those > >columns need not all be the same, and need not be 20. You > can pick any > >length from 1 to 255, whatever seems most reasonable to you. (If you > >make a poor choice and it turns out later that you need a > longer field, > >MySQL provides an ALTER TABLE statement.) > > > >Animal sex can be represented in a variety of ways, for example, "m" > >and "f", or perhaps "male" and "female". It's simplest to use the > >single characters "m" and "f". > > > >Query/mysql > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
