Re: Migrating a MySQL schema with an enum - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Martín Marqués
Subject Re: Migrating a MySQL schema with an enum
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Msg-id 20020322111827.8D684FA1D@bugs.unl.edu.ar
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In response to Re: Migrating a MySQL schema with an enum  ("Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>)
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On Jue 21 Mar 2002 13:02, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:40:42AM -0500, Vincent Stoessel wrote:
> > Mart?n Marqu?s wrote:
> > >On Mi? 20 Mar 2002 20:41, you wrote:
> > >>SQL gurus,
> > >>
> > >>Migrating a MySQL schema with an enum to PostgreSQL,
> > >>is there an equivalent type or do I have to declare
> > >>another table for "enum" values.
> > >
> > >I had to migrate a DB from MySQL to PostgreSQL that had some enum as
> > > field data type (I can't believe that something like that exists)
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > another shot at the mysql db.
> > Please don't forget that PG also has non standard data types
> > available.
>
> Your pique at seeing what you took as an unfair shot at another db caused
> you to be blinded to what Martin was pointing out. In this case, MySQL has
> a gratutiously non-standard feature: the equivalent CHECK constraint is
> only a few more characters, and easier to read (IMHO)

Thanks Ross, I was just about to say the same thing. Why had an unstandard 
data type, whn you can have it SQL-standard.
I think that the problem MySQL has is CHECK.

Saludos... :-)

-- 
Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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