On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:14 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>> Well, the inability to change the list of values is certainly an
>> unpleasant limitation, but is it so fatal that we should hide the
>> feature from people who could possibly use it? I think not.
>
> It's enough of a foot-gun that I would not even mention it to start
> with, except to discuss its problems.
>
>
I'm with David on this one. I always define them using an enumeration
table + FK to that table.