Re: ENUM like data type

From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(at)thenilgiris(dot)com>
To: MRB <nomail(at)example(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ENUM like data type
Date: 2005-06-28 06:41:29
Message-ID: 200506281211.29034.lawgon@thenilgiris.com
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On Tuesday 21 Jun 2005 8:50 pm, MRB wrote:
> I'm working with a lot of data from MySQL where the MySQL ENUM type
> is used.

just a thought - it took me five years after migrating from mysql to
pg to start thinking like an sql programmer. I used to keep trying to
write stuff for pg 'like' i used to for mysql. When i did that - i
didnt get any of the benefits of pg - might as well have continued to
write in mysql. Especially so when i went into convolutions trying to
translate the enum type and the 'set' syntax on insert. In these
cases i suggest dumping the mysql way and rewriting in the pg way.

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