From: Matt L. <survivedsushi@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: booleans and nulls
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:25:57 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20050821022557.21501.qmail@web35204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
Out of curiousity,
1. Does a boolean column occupy 1byte of disk whether
or not the value is null or not?
2. Is matching on IS NULL or = 0 more efficient?
3. If I ix'd columns w/ null does postgres know
whatevers not indexed is null or would their be no
point?
I currently utilize null fields as 'not a value' has
meaning in a program i've been working on as I don't
want to put false in every column when i only need a
couple with a true/false value.
I'm not joining tables on NULLS, just filtering w/
them.
Thanks
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