Re: [Gnumed-devel] clin_medication

[scaredycat]

> Does it matter if frequency (?term) is of PostgreSQL datatype
> interval ? You can store any magnitude you wish in that.
>  

what type does postgres interval appear in python when accessed via  db-api?
A string  isn't it , "6 hours", "28 days" ?
and update is by writing a string ?


> IMO clin_medication should pointedly NOT replicate a drug
> database. It should store drug information in a way as to
> facilitate identification of the drug in *any* drug database
> *regardless* of source database.
well no one is trying to make it replicate a drug database, just making
it workable with all it's not null constraints ( which I am not saying 
is unreasonable,
ATC_code doesn't specify the drug enough , and form is needed (probably) ).

At some point , an application is going to try to store some data in 
clin_medication;
so what's wrong with getting said data from drugref , which has atc codes ,
forms and amount_units ?  There is no change to clin_medication, just a 
program
class adapting a specific drug database instance to clin_medication.
What is wrong with that?