Re: int1? types?

elein wrote:
> I don't think that you can create a genuine one byte datatype.
> The resulting type would probably be four bytes long, even if
> you create a one byte by-value data type.  The one byte would
> be packaged in a 4 byte container for passing around the server.
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny this?

See my other post. The type exists and is called "char". See the bottom
of this page:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=0&file=datatype-character.html

Joe