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How to modify ENUM datatypes?

by dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("D. Dante Lorenso") Apr 22, 2008 at 05:01 AM

All,

In the past I have used foreign keys to lookup tables for small lists of 
values that I now think ENUM could do the job of.  I was hoping that by 
using ENUM, I would avoid having to do joins in my queries, and that I'd 
be making the data more robust and faster.

I used to have a table for account_status:

   A | Active
   B | Billing Failed
   C | Closed
   D | Deactivated

   account.acct_type CHAR references account_type.acct_type CHAR

But, now I've converted that to an ENUM:

   ACTIVE
   BILLING_FAILED
   CLOSED
   DEACTIVATED

   account.acct_type ENUM account_type

The problem is that once I create a column in my account table that uses 
this 'account_type' datatype, I can't seem to change or add to it any 
more.  I want to add a new value or edit/delete an existing one.

How do you make changes to an ENUM datatype that is already in use?

-- Dante




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How to modify ENUM datatypes?
dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-22 05:01:41 
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craig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-22 20:58:30 
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adsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-22 16:31:22 
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dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-22 15:45:39 
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xof@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (C  2008-04-22 13:52:36 
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singh.gurjeet@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-23 02:40:01 
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scott.marlowe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-22 15:14:14 
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dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-22 16:34:55 
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jd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (&q  2008-04-22 14:28:22 
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pgsql@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-22 15:11:36 
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mmoncure@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-04-22 20:25:56 
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adsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-23 12:38:48 
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Karsten.Hilbert@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-23 20:10:07 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-23 17:51:48 
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Karsten.Hilbert@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-25 11:25:05 
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wultsch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-23 14:56:24 
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scott.marlowe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-23 17:18:12 
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brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-23 19:46:07 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-04-24 11:39:23 
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dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-24 11:04:10 
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matthew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-24 12:07:17 
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bruce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-24 12:14:36 
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matthew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-24 16:15:30 
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bruce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-24 16:29:38 
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tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-04-24 16:54:04 
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bruce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-24 16:57:45 
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giorgio_v@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-04-25 13:49:48 
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bench@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-25 08:19:34 
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steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-25 08:29:44 
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alvherre@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-04-24 12:12:55 
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dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-24 15:17:30 
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tino@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (  2008-04-25 14:11:13 
Sync some database tables, but not others ... WAS Re: How
dante@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-25 12:10:47 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-04-24 12:22:14 
Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes?
Chris Browne <cbbrowne  2008-04-24 14:12:42 
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Karsten.Hilbert@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-25 11:31:09 
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Karsten.Hilbert@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-25 11:29:56 
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adsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-24 10:25:44 
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Karsten.Hilbert@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-25 11:35:39 
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scott.marlowe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-24 09:56:42 
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scott.marlowe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-24 10:36:54 
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mmoncure@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-04-24 14:02:07 
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tino@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (  2008-04-24 21:01:14 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-26 20:33:28 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-04-28 10:28:40 
Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes?
Chris Browne <cbbrowne  2008-04-28 10:36:43 
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craig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-28 23:48:29 
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gsmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-01 01:30:01 
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pgsql@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-28 14:35:41 
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adsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-24 23:43:26 
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mmoncure@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-04-25 14:56:44 
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tino@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (  2008-04-28 21:27:09 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-29 11:26:56 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-30 10:19:25 
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craig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-30 23:00:46 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-04-30 11:20:50 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-01 13:03:21 
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tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-05-01 13:34:56 
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xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-01 13:26:42 
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tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-05-01 13:40:01 
Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes?
xzilla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-01 16:57:28 
Re: How to modify ENUM datatypes?
Chris Browne <cbbrowne  2008-05-01 17:57:37 
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tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-05-01 18:05:07 
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scott.marlowe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-01 16:50:23 
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david.t.wilson@[EMAIL PRO  2008-05-02 00:22:13 
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tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-05-02 01:27:08 
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wultsch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-02 09:18:39 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-05-02 15:48:13 
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ajs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (A  2008-05-02 16:41:01 
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adsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-02 23:06:15 
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kleptog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-04 10:37:37 

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