Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 11/09/06 22:35

pbd22 (dushkin@gmail.com) writes:
> I am not sure if that is correct about the BIT values. The value
> indicates an action taken, such as a rejected or accepted request, and I
> dont see how else to do this. or, i dont see the point to improving on
> this method. what is being harmed by this?

Absolutely nothing at all. Some people prefer to have a char(1) column
that permits two values, but there are different suggests of which values,
so a bit with 0/1 is as clearcut as it could be.


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