On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Horst Dehmer <horst.dehmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, the ids is something I don't like either. > They carry additional semantics, which I cannot make go away. > How are chances char(20) is more time efficient than numeric(20)? > Disk space is no problem here. What are the other tables like then? The exact data types involved are at issue here, so it matters. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance