Re: [SQL] ENUM like data type

[Nick Johnson]

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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