When working with larger enterprise software, it is common to have large CASE WHEN statements translating application status codes into plain English. For example, status code 1 could mean the item is out of stock.
Why wouldn’t you store this information in a table and query it when you need it? What if you need to support other languages? With a table you can just add more columns for more languages!
Why wouldn’t you store this information in a table and query it when you need it? What if you need to support other languages? With a table you can just add more columns for more languages!