:-)
someflag enum('TRUE','FALSE');
Not quite boolean, but it works.
Curtis
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Mark Warner wrote:
> The thing which bothers me most about MySQL is the lack of a proper
> boolean. I don't like having to abstract a tinyint(1) into true or
> false. As much of my work involves building applications with Yes or No
> questions, I think I am switching to PostgreSQL.
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >>What advantages, besides ease of setup, does MySQL hold over PostgreSQL?
> >>It would seem, to me, that the two are close competitors (both in
> >>quality, and performance).
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Are you sure about quality? Check out:
> >
> >http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html
> >
> >You can check out postgresql's on the same site but they are significally less
> >critical. After reviewing this and talking to some other people i'm switching
> >over to postgresql. I'm sure there is a place with mysql but I don't think i'd
> >trust it for anything critical unless you very confident your developers know what
> >they are doing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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