Re: single bit integer (TINYINT) revisited for 8.5

Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@gmail.com> wrote: 
 
> most (if not all?) of posgresql's major competitor's (mysql, sql
> server, db2, etc) support a single bit integer datatype.
 
> A couple of times I've been told "you don't need tinyint, use
> boolean" which is not true, several projects I've worked on I've
> needed and integer field that supports number within a small range
> 0-5 1-10 1-100 or something similar.
 
I think you mean byte where you've said bit.  Boolean would be
adequate for a single bit, and I haven't (so far) seen any database
which supports both a single-bit type and a boolean.  Many databases
support a TINYINT type as a single-byte value, although I'm not sure
there's consistency on whether that's a signed or unsigned value.
 
-Kevin