enum('yes', 'no') vs tinyint — which one to use?

Question

What\'s the best practice for fields that hold true/false values?

Such columns can be defined as enum(\'yes\',\'no\') or as tinyint(1). Is one better/faster than the

Answer 1

Also, ENUM is a non-standard MySql extension. You should avoid it, especially if you can achieve the same results in a standard way.