On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Darren Duncan
<darren@darrenduncan.net> wrote:
Try starting with an enum type to define the possible values:
CREATE TYPE Consequence_Type
AS ENUM ('ESSENTIAL_SPLICE_SITE','STOP_GAINED',
'STOP_LOST','COMPLEX_INDEL','SPLICE_SITE');
... and then you could try using "ARRAY OF Consequence_Type" or some such.
Arrays occurred to me, but they don't give a set (i.e., a consequence type can appear more than once) unless I write the code to dedupe the array. However, if I were going to put that much effort into it, I might as well represent the set directly and obviate the dedupe. Or, am I missing something from your suggestion?
-Reece