Re: =Iff(([Me]![Gender])="M","Male","Female")
- From: "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:48:54 -0600
fredg <fgutkind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1cads9gkp0bfl.x4e6c7g29elf$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx:
> 2) Why a field that stores "M" or "F"? Why not just simply store
> "Male" or "Female"? Or since there are only the 2 choices, why not
> a Check Box field? Then in a regular unbound text control on your
> report, set the control source to the CheckBox field and have it's
> Format property set to:
> ;"Male";"Female"
> assuming Male is the checked value.
Why not checked = Female?
I would never represent something that is neutral by using a
Boolean.
Second, in cases where the value is unknown, there is no way to
store that using a Boolean field.
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