[HN Gopher] Representing Heterogeneous Data
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       Representing Heterogeneous Data
        
       Author : grep_it
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-08-04 18:27 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | orange-tourist wrote:
       | > imagine you have a record for storing a street address
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       | In my experience these are all strings. Try storing a UK postcode
       | as an int or a value like "1B" in an apartment number.
        
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