Enumerated types and collection types
Value of the field only in a given range selected, such as radio button, checkbox
enum radio can only choose a value within a given range, such as gender sex male male / female female
multiple choice set within a given range can be selected one or more than one value (1 hobbies, interests 2, 3 ... loving)
MariaDB [db1]> create table consumer(
-> name varchar(50),
-> sex enum('male','female'),
-> level enum('vip1','vip2','vip3','vip4','vip5'), #在指定范围内,多选一
-> hobby set('play','music','read','study') #在指定范围内,多选多
-> );
MariaDB [db1]> insert into consumer values
-> ('egon','male','vip5','read,study'),
-> ('alex','female','vip1','girl');
MariaDB [db1]> select * from consumer;
+------+--------+-------+------------+
| name | sex | level | hobby |
+------+--------+-------+------------+
| egon | male | vip5 | read,study |
| alex | female | vip1 | |
+------+--------+-------+------------+