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Re: SET vs. ENUM

From: Martijn Tonies (m.toniesupscene.com)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2008 - 08:51:04 CDT


Jerry,

> Other than the fact that an ENUM can have many more values than a SET, is
> there any particular reason to choose one over the other?

Well, they are -different things- ...

SETs shouldn't be used at all, IMO.

ENUM can be somewhat useful, I guess.

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