[AccessD] (Yes/No) field - no state A97

Bob Gajewski bob at renaissancesiding.com
Tue Jun 10 12:55:49 CDT 2003


John

Triple state: true, false or Null (no value at all)

Bob Gajewski

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003 13:19 PM, John Bartow [SMTP:john at winhaven.net] wrote:
> I've seen some discussion on this throughout the ages but I've never paid
> attention to it since it would only seem to be needed when a design is
> flawed 
> 
> But.. 
> 
> I have a project which is almost complete that uses a number of Yes/No
> fields and the client just informed me that there is a condition where
> neither would be correct 
> 
> The form is part of an evaluation of conditions. The conditions can only be
> yes or no but, in the endless glory of government programs, if a partial
> evaluation had been done before the latest standards the evaluation can be
> completed with a "Not Evaluated" given to certain areas 
> 
> I thought maybe I could just have the final report evaluate nulls in the
> Yes/No field as "Not Evaluated" areas. The "Triple State" isn't making much
> sense to me. Can anyone clear it up for me or should I just change my last
> minute change approach and add a new field?
> 
> John B 
> PS: There isn't any additional money to be had so either I do it easily or I
> eat the expense. Even though it was explained to me that it could only be
> yes or no, it isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the specs and the contact
> person is gone now, so.. 
> 
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