Re: too many enum values?

2006-10-04 Thread Martijn Tonies
> how many is too many? > > i have a field with 21 possible values. each of the values are only 2 or 3 > letter strings, but that seems like a lot, would it be faster/more efficient > to put them in a separate table and just join? What would you put in the separate table then? Just these 2-3 let

Re: too many enum values?

2006-10-04 Thread Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto
I think so... ""Tanner Postert"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu na mensagem news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > how many is too many? > > i have a field with 21 possible values. each of the values are only 2 or 3 > letter strings, but that seems like a lot, would it be faster/more > efficient > to put them i

too many enum values?

2006-10-03 Thread Tanner Postert
how many is too many? i have a field with 21 possible values. each of the values are only 2 or 3 letter strings, but that seems like a lot, would it be faster/more efficient to put them in a separate table and just join?