Overview

ENUM datatype is an enumerated data type. An ENUM data type definition entails a list of strings. A value for that particular ENUM data type must be one of the values specified in that list.

Syntax

The general syntax for assigning a column to the ENUM data type is as follows:

ENUM(‘Value1’, ‘Value2′,’Value3’,……)

An ENUM column can have a maximum of 65,535 distinct values. ENUM values are represented internally as integers.

Example

String ENUM example from the MySQL world database:

Table: Country

Column: Continent

Field: Continent
Type: enum(‘Asia’,’Europe’,’North America’,’Africa’,’Oceania’,’Antarctica’,’South America’)

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