Le lundi 27 juin 2011 à 12:11 +0200, Leif Biberg Kristensen a écrit : > PHP has its own Boolean values TRUE/FALSE, but reads Postgresql > Booleans as > 't'/'f'. You always have to rely on kludgy konstructs like > > if ($pg_bool == 't') then > $my_bool = TRUE; > elseif ($pg_bool == 'f') then > $my_bool = FALSE; > else > $my_bool = NULL; > > It's of course much easier to use integer values, but it sucks not to > use a > bool when you want a variable that can't be anything but TRUE, FALSE > or NULL. >
Same thing with Perl. But I am starting to think that the benefits of data integrity mentionned by Stephen are worth the extra effort : you save on validation needs anyway, which is probably another couple of lines, if not more, and less reliable. -- Vincent Veyron http://marica.fr/ Logiciel de gestion des sinistres et des contentieux pour le service juridique -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
