People's names (was Re: sqlite3 error)

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.93.1160373988.11739.python-list at python.org>, Hendrik van
Rooyen wrote:

> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> 
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>> I wonder if we need another "middle" field for holding the "bin/binte"
>> part (could also hold, e.g. "Van" for those names that use this).
> 
> NOOOOO! - I think of my surname as "van Rooyen" - its only a string with a
> space in it - and its peculiar in that the first letter is not
> capitalised....
> 
> And I am sure that the people called "von Kardorff" would not agree
> either...

So do the Dutch phone books have a lot of entries under V, then?

It just seems less efficient to me, that's all.