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Subject: Re: constants in 2-column foreign keys or how to design a storage
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On 2009-12-09, Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,

...
> stupid example:
> ---------------
> color:   red, green, blue
> size: tiny, little, big, giant
> structure:  hard, soft, floppy
>

> How would I solve the rather common text storage issue?

have you considered using enumerated types instead?