On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:59:34 +0200,
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I switched from signed integers to unsigned integers (and from INET
> to "real" IPv4 addresses, consisting of the relevant 32 bits only) I
> think I could save about 25% of my table size.
>
> Does PostgreSQL already implement these data types? I don't think so.
> If I succeed in implementing them, would you accept a patch?
You can have unsigned integers using a domain with a check constraint.
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