Re: enum bug - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 03/14/2016 09:02 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:

> ​The one nice thing about enums is that you get two concepts in one
> column - a human readable label and a system used ordering.
>
> i.e., "SELECT enum_value FROM tbl ORDER BY enum_value" actually
> ​
> ​gives you a meaningful order without having to carry around, or relink
> to, a lookup table to get an ordering column.
>
> ​Now, this is a bit overrated since you immediately lose that ability if
> you export to a Spreadsheet program, or otherwise lose the ordering
> nature during a convert-to-text operation.
>

I do not suggest that ENUMS are useless just that there are more
flexible and reasonable ways (as a whole) to do what ENUMS provide.

Sincerely,

JD

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