On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Raghavendra
wrote:
> False represented by zero bytes and True by 1 byte with value 1.
This is not true AFAIK. Both boolean TRUE and FALSE values require 1 byte.
A NULL value is zero bytes (though it still consumes 1 bit in the null
bitmap). This is true for all t
On 11/01/2012 02:25 AM, Mike Christensen wrote:
> It would also matter what columns were next to it, correct?
It doesn't look like PostgreSQL packs booleans. It still matters what's
next to it because of the alignment requirements of other data types,
but you still have a minimum of one byte per bo
It would also matter what columns were next to it, correct?
For example, if you had 4 bools in a row, that could also be 1 byte..
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Raghavendra <
raghavendra@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Alexander Gataric wrote:
>
>> What is the
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Alexander Gataric wrote:
> What is the data physically stored as for boolean type? I know that it is
> one byte but is it char, int, or something else?
>
False represented by zero bytes and True by 1 byte with value 1.
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Regards,
Raghavendra
EnterpriseDB Corp
What is the data physically stored as for boolean type? I know that it is one
byte but is it char, int, or something else?
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