On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:13:03AM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 10:44, John Meyer wrote: > > David Fetter wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 03:23:11PM -0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > > >> Just wondering.....how do list member represent gender when storing > > >> details of people in a database? > > > > > > I usually use a table called gender which has one TEXT column, that > > > being its primary key. For one client I had, there were seven rows in > > > this table. > > > > Seven genders? Even San Fransisco thinks that's over the top. > > Let's see. > > Male > Female > Hermaphrodite
This read, "Intersexed" > Trans (MTF) > Trans (FTM) > Neuter > > and... I can't think of a seventh possibility. "Decline to state" Cheers, D -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
