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From Melvin Davidson
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Selecting a daily puzzle record - which type of columnto add?
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Selecting a daily puzzle record - which type of columnto add?  (Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>)
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
On 09/18/2017 08:17 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
[snip]
I don't have any specific suggestion for an additional column, other than Berend's idea. However, I strongly advise against the use
of ENUM's. They can create a major problem in the event one needs to be removed.

Because it will internally renumber them?

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>Because it will internally renumber them?
No, because while there is a facility to ADD a value to an enum, there is none to delete/drop a value.


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