Re: Defining a "tinyint" data type - one byte unsigned - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Dennis Bjorklund wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
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>>Attached is a patch to implement "tinyint". This is a one byte unsigned
>>integer type.
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>It's a bit strange that this int is unsigned and the others are signed.
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Not that strange if you consider the fact that making it signed will not
leave much room for actually using it.

In any case, that's just the way it is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ia-iz_3ss4.asp

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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Systems Consulting
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