From: | brian <brian(at)zijn-digital(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes? |
Date: | 2008-04-23 23:46:07 |
Message-ID: | 480FCA3F.3000801@zijn-digital.com |
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Karsten Hilbert
> <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38:48PM +0200, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>
>> > Yes. You should/can use ENUM for something like 'gender':
>> > male, female, unknown. You don't need to add other values ever (yeah, i
>> > skipped some special cases).
>> I was gonna say ! :-)
>>
>> Add
>>
>> hermaphrodite
>> transgender with female phenotype
>> transgender with male phenotype
>>
>> and you should be set from current medical science's point
>> of view ;-)
>
> Actually, hermaphrodite specifies complete male and female genitalia,
> which is impossible in humans. While various forms of address are
> available for people born with parts of both male and female
> genitalia, the most common and easiest is intersex.
>
> The folks here: http://www.isna.org/faq/ have a lot more to say about
> it, and seeing as how many of them ARE intersex, I'd leave it up to
> them.
Scott, there's absolutely nothing in that FAQ about their database, let
alone whether or not they use ENUMs.
(heh)
> While most transgender folks prefer to be referred to as their assumed
> gender, there are some gender queer folks who prefer other forms of
> address.
>
> I would put it that gender is not so easily defined, which makes it a
> poor choice for enum.
>
Absolutely true. Which is odd, because this example is trotted out
whenever there's a thread about ENUMs.
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