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Re: BUG #1257: add support for 1-byte integer and 4-bit integer - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #1257: add support for 1-byte integer and 4-bit integer
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Msg-id 25442.1095458121@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #1257: add support for 1-byte integer and 4-bit integer  ("PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>)
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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
> for the next version of postgresql i would like to see support for 1-byte
> integers (signed and unsigned) and also for 4-bit (1/2-byte) integers
> (signed and unsigned).

See the "char" type (not to be confused with char(n)) and the bitstring
type.  There are never going to be sub-byte-sized columns in Postgres;
it just doesn't fit into our storage management model.

            regards, tom lane

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