[Babase] Storing male mature dates in the database
Susan Alberts
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:31:51 +0300
Works for me. The two columns would be called something like
"matured" and "mature by", right? I am not attached to any particular
name as long as it's clear. Thanks,
Susan
>Susan,
>
>After meeting with folks here the concensus is that
>it's a bad idea to store "we're sure they're mature
>by this date" male maturity dates in a different
>table from the "we watched these males reach
>maturity" mature dates. For lots of reasons,
>mostly having to do with difficulty writing
>queries to find all the adults if we have 2 tables, we think they
>should go in the same table and be distinguished
>by a 'kind of maturity date' flag.
>
>However, we have to convince you before going forward.
>
>Karl <kop@meme.com>
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