RE: [ADMIN] how to use boolean types

1999-06-28 Thread Herouth Maoz
At 11:06 +0300 on 28/06/1999, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > This may be slightly more reasonable. :-) > But ideally one would like to say: > SELECT * from chargehistory WHERE "new" is TRUE; > > No? :-) If you are into semantics, I don't really think so. You say things like "If unsure, ask an expert", n

RE: [ADMIN] how to use boolean types

1999-06-28 Thread Rudy Gireyev
On 28 Jun 99, at 9:24, Ansley, Michael wrote: > >>> If I may add, I always found the practice of comparing boolean values > to > >>> "true" or to "false" rather funny. You take a boolean value, and > compare it > >>> to 'true'. You get a boolean result that is the same: > >>> > >>> Truth ta

RE: [ADMIN] how to use boolean types

1999-06-28 Thread Ansley, Michael
>>> If I may add, I always found the practice of comparing boolean values to >>> "true" or to "false" rather funny. You take a boolean value, and compare it >>> to 'true'. You get a boolean result that is the same: >>> >>> Truth table of "new" = 't': >>> >>> newnew = true >>>

RE: [ADMIN] how to use boolean types

1999-06-27 Thread Herouth Maoz
At 16:24 +0300 on 24/06/1999, Michael J Davis wrote: > > select * from chargehistory where "new" = 't'; If I may add, I always found the practice of comparing boolean values to "true" or to "false" rather funny. You take a boolean value, and compare it to 'true'. You get a boolean result that i

RE: [ADMIN] how to use boolean types

1999-06-24 Thread Michael J Davis
select * from chargehistory where "new" = 't'; Boolean values are 't' and 'f'. -Original Message- From: Garry Dolley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 7:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[ADMIN] how to use boo