On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:50:16PM +0100, Alban Hertroys wrote:
Why not use unicode symbols 0x2640 and 0x2642?
A clever idea, however, it does not cover
transsexual, female phenotype
transsexual, male phenotype
hermaphrodite, intersexual phenotype
which we (GNUmed, that is) need to support in
I would also suggest using a *coded* gender, not male,
female strings which will make gender-based calculations a
lot easier down the road.
Which will also make it easier to have a multi-langual solution.
Henk Sanders
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 01:34:17PM +0100, H.J. Sanders wrote:
I would also suggest using a *coded* gender, not male,
female strings which will make gender-based calculations a
lot easier down the road.
Which will also make it easier to have a multi-langual solution.
Which, precisely, is
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Van: H.J. Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: vrijdag 8 december 2006 16:33
Aan: Raymond O'Donnell
Onderwerp: RE: [GENERAL] Male/female
Hi ray.
We have done it with a integer whereby
0 = woman
1 = man
also self-documenting :-)
H.J. Sanders wrote:
We have done it with a integer whereby
0 = woman
1 = man
also self-documenting :-)
Why not use unicode symbols 0x2640 and 0x2642?
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Just wondering.how do list members represent gender when storing
details of people in a database?
I've done it two ways:
* A bool column, with the understanding that true/false represents
one gender or the other.
[snip]
We have done it with a integer whereby
0
0 = woman
1 = man
This gave me my first good laugh of the day... I will never accuse DBAs of not
having a sense of humor albeit unique!
Richard,
gmail extended my laugh with the sponsored links:
How To Be A woman
How To Be The Girl That Every Man Secretly Wishes He Was Married To!
