Peter Hickman wrote: > > I also note that you are omitting titles and suffixes such as "Queen > Elizabeth II" who is also called "Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor". > Or even "Hank Williams Jr" or "Hank WIlliams III" or "Sir Robert > Geldof" > > Some people have only one name which is neither a forename or a surname. > > Lets ignore the artist formerly known a Prince for a moment :) > > To be honest I would go with > > user_id :integer > title :string > forename :string > midname :string > surname :string > suffixes :string > gender :string > > and treat midname as a space separated list of names (although this > wont handle names like 'st clair' correctly).
I am *sure* the intended audience of this application would be content with my proposal, but pursuing this argument is a waste of time and resources. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
