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Perhaps I have a conflict of terms here, but my googling "mysql data
dictionary" turned up material that didn't seem to correspond with my
problem. In python I can create dictionaries:
my_dict = {'1': 'one', '2': 'two'}
Now, I would like to create the equivalent of an enum in which I could
utilize data like that. Of course, I could lump the whole key-value
pairs
into one data and create an enum like that, then parse them later. I'm
just
wondering if there's a more elegant way to do this.
[/snip]There is an enumerated type http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/enum.html and there are data dictionaries http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-datadictionary.html but neither are really what you want. Actually what you're describing the reason that we have databases in the first place - the ability to have data in one column ('1') related to data in another column ('one') in a record. The most elegant way of using a database is to use it as it was designed. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
