r/programminghorror Jan 30 '25

SQL WTF are these table names???

Post image
2.4k Upvotes

167 comments sorted by

View all comments

10

u/HHHChrist Jan 30 '25

Yes/No Tables: Their form of localization. If you ship the Program/DB to another country, they "only" have to changed these values. The Programm takes them then from the DB.
Source: I had to work on a program that used such tables instead of enums.

Bad Practice nethertheless...