InstaGov/schema/answer

About

• Purpose: implements answers
• Rules: Any question may have zero or more answers. New answers can be added at any time.
• Notes:
  • "WhenExpires" field: same applies as in "question" table.
  • 2011-06-06 This table may end up not being used, since I've found I can use SMW to store answer data. Also, I'm thinking it should be "choice" rather than "answer", but since it's no longer hard-coded, this is just a matter of updating documentation (and one field name in the rating table.

SQL

<mysql>CREATE TABLE `answer` (

  `ID` INT  NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `ID_Question` INT NO NULL COMMENT "question.ID for which this is an answer",
  `Page` varchar(127) COMMENT "wiki page describing answer",
  `WhenCreated` DATETIME NOT NULL COMMENT "when this answer was entered",
  `Pos_Text` VARCHAR(63) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT "optional: text to show at the 'yes' end of the scale (overrides question default)",
  `Neg_Text` VARCHAR(63) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT "optional: text to show at the 'no' end of the scale (overrides question default)",
  PRIMARY KEY(`ID`)
)
ENGINE = MYISAM;</mysql>