MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2.1 beta has been released

Dear MySQL users, MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2.1 beta, a new version of the ODBC driver for the MySQL database management system, is available for download. The 5.2 driver series is suitable for use with any MySQL server version since 4.1. (It will not work with 4.0 or earlier releases.) This new ve

Re: Best design for a table using variant data

You don't specify how many different types (including min/max values) you expect to be using. If you expect to end up with a few hundred, then you should perhaps consider using an ENUM or SET column directly in the data table. / Carsten On 10.08.2012 10:51, Gaston Gloesener wrote: Hello,

Best design for a table using variant data

Hello, I am currently facing a design where a table (virtually) needs to store attributes of a topic (related table). The attributes can be user defined, i.e. not known at development type and depend on other factors. Each attributes value can be one of different types (int, int64, double, stri