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Re: Pulling data from a constraint def

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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:14 PM, David Fetter <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well, the inability to change the list of values is certainly an
>> unpleasant limitation, but is it so fatal that we should hide the
>> feature from people who could possibly use it?  I think not.
>
> It's enough of a foot-gun that I would not even mention it to start
> with, except to discuss its problems.
>
>

I'm with David on this one.  I always define them using an enumeration
table + FK to that table.

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