Re: search comma separated db column

[Dave Clark]

Jesper Öhnstedt Wrote:
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> Further I would like you to tell me what separates
> a "string of ints" from a string consisting of
> numerals and commas? There is nothing holy about
> predefined datatypes.

Your argument is specious. The difference is in usage. If your application treats a comma-delimited list of integers as a string, then by all means store it as a string. But if your application consideres it to be anything other than a string (i.e., considers it to actually be a comma-delimited list of integers), then it should never be stored as a string datatype. Period.