| From: | Nick Johnson <arachnid(at)notdot(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: ENUM like data type |
| Date: | 2005-06-28 19:55:23 |
| Message-ID: | 42C1AB2B.1020503@notdot.net |
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Martín Marqués wrote:
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>I personally think that the ENUM data type is for databases that are not well
>designed. So, if you see the need for ENUM, that means you need to re-think
>your data design.
>
>
You mean like all those instances in the PostgreSQL system catalogs
where character(1) has been used as a pseudo-enum of sorts?
-Nick Johnson
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