From: Nick Johnson <arachnid@notdot.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ENUM like data type
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:55:23 +1200
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In-Reply-To: <200506281522.25124.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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