Re: ENUM like data type - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Nick Johnson
Subject Re: ENUM like data type
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Msg-id 42C1AB2B.1020503@notdot.net
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In response to Re: ENUM like data type  (Martín Marqués <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>)
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Martín Marqués wrote:

>
>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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