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ENUM: Enumeration of up to 65,535 strings

  
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee(
    ->     id INT,
    ->     eName VARCHAR(10),
    ->     flags ENUM('A','B')
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)








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