Is there a way to effect user defined data types in MySQL?
- by Dancrumb
I have a database which stores (among other things), the following pieces of information:
Hardware IDs BIGINTs
Storage Capacities BIGINTs
Hardware Names VARCHARs
World Wide Port Names VARCHARs
I'd like to be able to capture a more refined definition of these datatypes. For instance, the hardware IDs have no numerical significance, so I don't…