Planet PostgreSQL – Radim Marek: We need to talk about ENUMs

Sep 082024
 

Designing a database schema, whether for a new application or a new feature, always raises a lot of questions. The choices you make can have a big impact on how well your database performs and how easy it is to maintain and scale. Whether you’re just getting started with PostgreSQL or consider yourself a seasoned pro, it’s easy to rely on old habits or outdated advice. In this article, I want to take a fresh look at one of those topics that often sparks debate: the use of ENUMs in PostgreSQL.
I have to admit, not so long ago, I would advise “don’t use ENUMs” without thinking about it too much. Relying only on random articles and…

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– The Conversation – Home – Crossing state lines to get an abortion is a new legal minefield, with courts to decide if there’s a right to travel

Sep 082024
 

An examination room at a Jacksonville abortion clinic in April 2024, shortly before Florida’s six-week abortion ban went into effect. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Almost half of the states in the country have made it harder to get an abortion since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the federal right to get an abortion. Fourteen states ban abortions in almost all circumstances, and another eight in almost all cases after 6 to 18 weeks of pregnancy. Nonetheless, the number of abortions provided in the U.S. has actually grown since the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, rising 11% since 2020, to over 1 million abortions a year. This increase can partially be explained…

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