I am building a database that is going to be used to produce a list of items
on my website. The list is created depending on how the user wants the
list sorted. For example, lets say I am going to list groceries that are
available in my store. Users will typically select the type of grocery
they want to see, like list all the fruits, or a list all vegatables.
Here is an example table:
COLUMNS:
grocery_type, description, price
ROWS:
fruit, apple, 1.23
fruit, banana, 5.35
vegetable, carrot, 1.55
vegetable, spinach, 6.85
-- HERE IS MY QUESTION: --
Is faster for the sqlite database to have the grocery_type as a string or
integer?
Or is the speed difference so small it doesn't matter?
Like instead of having "fruit" in the grocery_type column, I could have it
as a "1" type, vegetables would be "2", and then translate that just before
spitting out the table to my web page.
Thanks -
Shorty
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