On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net>wrote:
> Try starting with an enum type to define the possible values:
>
> CREATE TYPE Consequence_Type
> AS ENUM ('ESSENTIAL_SPLICE_SITE','STOP_GAINED',
> 'STOP_LOST','COMPLEX_INDEL','SPLICE_SITE');
>
> ... and then you could try using "ARRAY OF Consequence_Type" or some such.
>
Arrays occurred to me, but they don't give a set (i.e., a consequence type
can appear more than once) unless I write the code to dedupe the array.
However, if I were going to put that much effort into it, I might as well
represent the set directly and obviate the dedupe. Or, am I missing
something from your suggestion?
-Reece
