# ENUM database data-type in Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-database-data-type-in-rails/104630>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 20, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-database-data-type-in-rails/104630 "2007-05-20T23:04:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![maurice-gladwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@maurice-gladwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maurice-gladwell)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-database-data-type-in-rails/104630/1 "2007-05-20T23:04:11Z")

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Hi,

I’ve been looing for ENUM[1] support in Rails. All I’ve found is the  
“Enumerated Column” plugin. Does anyone have any experience with that  
plugin, or any other method of implementing ENUMs in Rails?

Thanks,  
M.

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[1] [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/enum.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/enum.html)  
[2] [http://enum-column.rubyforge.org/](http://enum-column.rubyforge.org/)

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**Author:** ![maurice-gladwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@maurice-gladwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maurice-gladwell)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-database-data-type-in-rails/104630/2 "2007-05-20T23:27:24Z")

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(In case it wasn’t clear from the post, the link to the “Enumerated  
Column” plugin is:

[http://enum-column.rubyforge.org/](http://enum-column.rubyforge.org/)  
)

M.