title: What datatype do you use for enumerations in SQL Server
body: <p>When we serialize an enum from C# to SQL Server we use a NCHAR(3) datatype with mnemonic values for each value of the enum.
  That way we can easily read a SELECT qry.</p>
  
  <p>How do you save enum to your database?</p>
  
  <p>What datatype do you use?</p>