Posted by --CELKO-- on 10/02/22 11:54

>> p.code shows diagnostic code numbers and billing procedure numbers while p.detail_type indicate which is which. <<

Stop writing code like this. You never cram two or more attributes
into one column. Hey, why not have a column for "squids and
automobiles", too?

What you have done is re-invent the variant record from COBOL, FORTRAN,
Pascal, etc. and other procedural languages.

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