| From: | Keith Hankin <keith105(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: One byte integer support |
| Date: | 2005-01-07 22:06:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20050107220622.2220.qmail@web40626.mail.yahoo.com |
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--- Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Keith Hankin <keith105(at)yahoo(dot)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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