Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes?

["Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> wrote:
>
>  Otherwise, don't use enums. They should be marked (like char(), IMO) in the
>  manual as, "Warning: you probably don't want to use this datatype.  Go think
>  some more."

Good point.  I think enums are kind like arrays.  Most of the time
they're a bad idea.  sometimes they're an ok idea, and very very
rarely, they are exactly what you need to solve a certain problem.