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bit strings

From

"Andrew Bartley"

Date:

07 November 2002, 00:24:16

Hi all

 

Data base version PostgreSQL 7.2.1

 

Can some one tell me how much storage bit strings use.

 

eg.  create table x

       (

       a    BIT VARYING (8)

       );

 

Is the storage for this column 1 byte per row/tuple?

 

I note that a boolean data type uses 1 byte per column.

 

Thanks

 

Andrew