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  3. If it's nullable, then it can't be a boolean.

If it's nullable, then it can't be a boolean.

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  • H Henry Minute

    I'm sure that a subject of such import must have been discussed here before, but if so, I missed it. If it can have more than two values it cannot really be a boolean value, so why call it a nullable bool? Anyone got a better name? I can only come up with truelean or trilean.

    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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    QuiJohn
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    It's tri-curious.

    And sometimes when you're on, you're really f***ing on And your friends they sing along and they love you But the lows are so extreme that the good seems f***ing cheap And it teases you for weeks in its absence Rilo Kiley - "A Better Son/Daughter"

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    • J Joan M

      In Spanish a "trilero" is a guy who use three cards or pots to hide a small ball to cheat tourists in crowded streets... so avoid that name... if you don't avoid it one of your variables could go to jail... :rolleyes:

      [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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      Henry Minute
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      Joan Murt wrote:

      In Spanish a "trilero" is a guy who use three cards or pots to hide a small ball

      In America I believe they use one cup but two girls.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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      • H Henry Minute

        Joan Murt wrote:

        In Spanish a "trilero" is a guy who use three cards or pots to hide a small ball

        In America I believe they use one cup but two girls.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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        Dalek Dave
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        If ever anything could be unseen, that would be it.

        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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        • H Henry Minute

          Joan Murt wrote:

          In Spanish a "trilero" is a guy who use three cards or pots to hide a small ball

          In America I believe they use one cup but two girls.

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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          Joan M
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          X| :rolleyes:

          [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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          • H Henry Minute

            Joan Murt wrote:

            In Spanish a "trilero" is a guy who use three cards or pots to hide a small ball

            In America I believe they use one cup but two girls.

            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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            Dan Neely
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            That's Brazilian filth. X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|

            3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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            • H Henry Minute

              I'm sure that a subject of such import must have been discussed here before, but if so, I missed it. If it can have more than two values it cannot really be a boolean value, so why call it a nullable bool? Anyone got a better name? I can only come up with truelean or trilean.

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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              In "The Relational Model of Database Management v2" (a tome and a half), Codd introduces 4-valued logic, Yes, No, Maybe but Applicable, Maybe and Inapplicable. The distinction between the latter affects how aggregates apply (you can Count Applicable (or A-Marks), but not Inapplicable (I-Marks)). Unfortunately, by Codd's definitions, there are No RDBMS in existence. (There are many other improvements there, we would probably have no need for ORM's among other things). Doesn't answer your question of course ;-)

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              • R RugbyLeague

                Buddhist bool

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                BillWoodruff
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                The Buddhist Boole: inherits from System.Mind which implements Consciousness Interface: true == relative => true; false == relative => true; true != false => false; false != true => true;

                "Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning." C.S. Lewis

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                • Q QuiJohn

                  It's tri-curious.

                  And sometimes when you're on, you're really f***ing on And your friends they sing along and they love you But the lows are so extreme that the good seems f***ing cheap And it teases you for weeks in its absence Rilo Kiley - "A Better Son/Daughter"

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                  5!


                  Typical n-tiered architecture: DB <-> Junk(0) <-> ... <-> Junk(n-1) <-> Pretty

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                  • H Henry Minute

                    I'm sure that a subject of such import must have been discussed here before, but if so, I missed it. If it can have more than two values it cannot really be a boolean value, so why call it a nullable bool? Anyone got a better name? I can only come up with truelean or trilean.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                    a "nullable boolean" is equivalent to "pointer-to-boolean", if it's null then you don't know the answer.

                    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
                    You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun

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                    • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                      a "nullable boolean" is equivalent to "pointer-to-boolean", if it's null then you don't know the answer.

                      If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
                      You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun

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                      AspDotNetDev
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                      Schrödinger's Bool.

                      Driven to the ARMs by x86.

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        How about a 'Meh'?

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                        Keith Barrow
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                        True, Meh, False, I like it!

                        Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                        -Or-
                        A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                        • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                          a "nullable boolean" is equivalent to "pointer-to-boolean", if it's null then you don't know the answer.

                          If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
                          You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun

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                          Henry Minute
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                          A nice way to think about it.

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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