Enums or Tables?

Question

I am making this a community wiki, as I would appreciate people\'s approach and not necessarily an answer.

I am in the situation where I have a lot of lookup type data

Answer 1

Use both enum(for code) and DB texts- for GUI presentation.

So, if you will always have 3 option use an enum LowSalary, MiddleSalary and HighSalary, store your texts in the DB and switch your texts in the GUI corresponding to your property enum value.