Re: Postgres do not support tinyint?

Hi, Christophe,

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 7, 2025, at 22:44, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > You suggest a type with a minimum size of 6 bytes when the complaint is that the otherwise acceptable 2 byte data
typeis too large? 
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> Although it's not clear from the OP's question, if there are going to be a significant number of these 3-bit fields,
packingthem into a bitstring might be a way forward.  It's a good solution for tables with a ton of booleans. 

There is no boolean - it is 0-4 inclusive.

Also - there are not too many records in that table...

Thank you.

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