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Subject: Re: Postgres do not support tinyint?
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On 1/7/25 21:06, Igor Korot wrote:
> Hi, ALL,
> According to https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/datatype-numeric.html, the
> smallest numeric type supports numbers from -32768 to 32767/

In this case it does not matter, but you should not consult 
documentation that is for a version(9.1) that is ~8 years past EOL.

Go here:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/

and click on Current or the version you are actually using.

> 
> My data will be in a range of [0..4], and so I guess my DB table will waste
> space, right?

Yes, though is that actually going to be an issue?

> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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