boolean field naming conventions

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What you just described here is what I generally do. I have always liked to have boolean/bit values represented by some sort of question. is_approved, is_active, etc. Then in my model, I'd define a method approved?, active?, etc.

That's just me, though.

Peace, Phillip

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The rails convention is to name it without the is_. You will get the approved? methods out of the box after that.

See this StackOverflow post for more details.

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