> On Jan 7, 2025, at 22:44, David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> You suggest a type with a minimum size of 6 bytes when the complaint is that 
> the otherwise acceptable 2 byte data type is too large?

Although it's not clear from the OP's question, if there are going to be a 
significant number of these 3-bit fields, packing them into a bitstring might 
be a way forward.  It's a good solution for tables with a ton of booleans.

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