[dba-VB] Wha's up with True?

An example name fo the Boolean( Access BE)  or Bit (SQL Server BE) field he is working 
with.

-- 
Stuart

On 28 Mar 2010 at 8:24, Dan Waters wrote:

> Hi Gustav,
> 
> What is MyBooleanOrBitField?
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:19 PM
> To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Wha's up with True?
> 
> Hi John
> 
> That is in Access, right? As I've understood it, 1 and 0 _are_ true and
> false in SQL Server and preferred to "True" and "False". In Access, true is
> - as you know - numerically displayed as -1. 
> I've made it a habit when working with numeric values for True and False to
> use Abs([MyBooleanOrBitField] to avoid further thinking about this and to
> make SQL code easier to move between SQL Server and Access.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 27-03-2010 23:06 >>>
> Any idea why it displays as -1?
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com 
> 
> 
> Gustav Brock wrote:
> > Hi John
> > 
> > It is 1 that is True.
> > 
> > /gustav
> > 
> >>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 27-03-2010 22:39 >>>
> > I am working on my billing database which holds the data in SQL Server.  I
> have a bit field and 
> > while it shows a value of -1, if I try to do a == -1 it filters out
> records.  If I try == True it 
> > pukes.  I have to do a <> 0 which returns records where that bit is set
> (true).
> > 
> > So bit fields are not True / False?  What "value" is it?  And why does it
> display -1 but I can't 
> > test for that?
> > 
> > TIA
> 
> 
> 
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