On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:18 AM, John Andersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Drake, > > You should not use a NULL as a meaningfull value (NULL is exactly - no > value). If you want your questions to reflect the possibilities of: > 1) Not answered. > 2) A Yes answer; > 3) A No answer; > you should design your column accordingly - to be able to hold three > values (0 - not answered, 1 - No, 2 - Yes)
I disagree (you knew someone would, with a subject like NULL). If the question wasn't answered, NULL is exactly what's needed, as there can then be no meaningful value associated with the field. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
