Re: what data type to store fixed size integer? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: what data type to store fixed size integer?
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Msg-id 9168.1302451163@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: what data type to store fixed size integer?  (Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>)
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Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> writes:
> On 04/10/2011 07:41 PM, Arash pajoohande wrote:
>> I wan to store a 10 digits integer in a column of table.
>> the data type does not need any arithmetic aperations (as of integers).
>> maybe its good to use bigint, but it is Postgres specific and is not
>> part of SQL standards

> int8 , which is just another name for bigint. I don't know what the SQL
> standard name for the data type is, but I'm pretty sure there is one.
> Anyone know the details?

SMALLINT and BIGINT are standardized type names in SQL:2003 and later.

            regards, tom lane

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