On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:26:48 -0700, Barry Laffoon <gotobarry@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a property on a web form that is multi-select so the property can
> have multiple values. Normally I'd create separate column or a separate row
> for each value. I am thinking of using the BIT VARYING() data type though
> and storing the selected values as a bit mask. So I have several related
> questions:
>
> 1. Any general comments on how this performs?
If you really need speed, consider using BOOLEAN - It is all a matter of
"speed" definition: if you have tons of concurrent requests use BOOLEAN.
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