Re: One byte integer support

--- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Keith Hankin <keith105@yahoo.com> writes:
> > I don't understand why Postgres doesn't have
> > a single-byte int support. Even MySQL does.
>
> Primarily because no one sees it as of enough value
> to justify the work.

There is significant value if you're dealing with a
very large database and saving a few bytes per row can
lead to significant space savings.




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