Re: Postgres do not support tinyint?
Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
From: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>, "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-01-08T06:26:32Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Hi, Ron, On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, ALL, >> According to https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/datatype-numeric.html, the >> smallest numeric type supports numbers from -32768 to 32767/ >> >> My data will be in a range of [0..4], and so I guess my DB table will waste >> space, right? > > > 1. It's not 1994 anymore, when 8M rows was enormous. > 2. Record structures are padded by word size, so tinyint wouldn't matter unless you specifically ordered the fixed width columns from largest to smallest size when creating the table. > 3. The "bit" type might serve your needs. I don't see the "bit" field here: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-numeric.html... Thank you.. > > -- > Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. > Don't boil me, I'm still alive. > <Redacted> lobster!