| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: enumeration type? |
| Date: | 2003-06-16 18:59:48 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0306162017530.2751-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> ENUMs do seem to have some advantages in convenience though. And
> providing them or something closely comparable would ease porting
> from MySQL ... which is an important consideration in our plan for
> world domination ;-)
Now that domains have check constraints, I think enumerations can be
easily created without having to invent nonstandard features. There's
also the advantage that you can create domains out of data types other
than text.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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