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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: I came here to determine how much storage a boolean variable uses
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Msg-id 20210901194946.GA24833@momjian.us
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In response to Re: I came here to determine how much storage a boolean variable uses  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:16:13PM -0400, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-page-layout.html#STORAGE-TUPLE-LAYOUT
> > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-page-layout.html#STORAGE-TUPLE-LAYOUT>
> 
> Well, it is provided one level deeper in the data type docs, e.g.:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-boolean.html
> 
> I think it's a reasonable request to consider. It potentially duplicates
> the info in the data types section (i.e. one more thing to maintain),
> but it does provide some convenience for scanning it across the
> consolidated table.

FYI, I usually use psql's \dTS+.

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