Re: Lookup tables

Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-02-04T15:08:41Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Tue, 4 Feb 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

> The point of a lookup table is to provide a unique list of authoritative
> values for some purpose. Kinda like an enum. But having the label serve as
> the unique value is reasonable - we only add surrogates for optimization.

David,

The industrytypes table has 26 rows, the statustypes table has 8 rows. Your
explanation suggests that for this database adding a PK to each table adds
little, if anything.

Regards,

Rich