Re: [BUGS] BUG #2802: Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types

2006-12-08 Thread Tom Lane
Jim Nasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any technical reason why we don't support unsigned ints or > tinyint? Just a matter of no one feeling the itch? The question is whether it's worth complicating the numeric-type promotion hierarchy even more. A variant int type probably isn't wort

Re: [BUGS] BUG #2802: Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types

2006-12-08 Thread Jim Nasby
On Dec 4, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: You can already use "char" to store 1 byte values, though unless there are several of these in a row, you won't save any space because of alignment. There's also boolean... Is there any technical reason why we don't support unsigned ints or

Re: [BUGS] BUG #2802: Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types

2006-12-04 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 20:41:32 +, Albert Strasheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Description:Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types You can already use "char" to store 1 byte values, though unless there are several of these in a row, you won't save any space because of align

[BUGS] BUG #2802: Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types

2006-12-03 Thread Albert Strasheim
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 2802 Logged by: Albert Strasheim Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.1 Operating system: Windows Description:Feature request: tinyint and unsigned types Details: MySQL's support for 1-byte i