From: | Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes? |
Date: | 2008-04-25 09:35:39 |
Message-ID: | 20080425093539.GD4126@merkur.hilbert.loc |
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:25:44AM +0200, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> If you define a medical database, you have to extend the ENUM values a
> bit, but even then you know the possible values in advance
Considering scary genetic experiments I wouldn't even be
sure about that.
> It all depends on the use case, just like ENUM itself.
Absolutely. Maybe another outcome of this discussion might
be that PostgreSQL documentation - as thorough as the whole
project is set up - should never use gender as an example
for ENUM (it doesn't now in 8.3 docs btw).
Karsten
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