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0 pointsjklein115y ago0 comments

Why not store this data into a relational database?

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Because values can be different types (string, int, boolean).

Can't you store them all as varchar? You could even have a type column if you wanted to enforce the types in some way at the application level.

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0 pointsjklein115y ago0 comments

Why not store this data into a relational database?

Because values can be different types (string, int, boolean).

Can't you store them all as varchar? You could even have a type column if you wanted to enforce the types in some way at the application level.

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