Re: Data Type to store Leading Zero(0) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: Data Type to store Leading Zero(0)
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Msg-id 5e0bb278-b0a1-27b6-5739-c357a86334db@gmx.net
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In response to Data Type to store Leading Zero(0)  (<soumik.bhattacharjee@kpn.com>)
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soumik.bhattacharjee@kpn.com schrieb am 20.01.2021 um 12:13:
> As per business needs we need to store Zero(0) in primary key column
> of table  with this kind of value à  07******** with applications
> written in Java microservices.
>
> We are not able to use *numeric data type *as it trims the Zero value
> in leading,**but it’s also aperformance impact if we define *varchar*
> in the data type.


While there is a performance impact between an integer and varchar, in my experience
it's rarely that big that it will become a problem.

Thomas



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