Dennis Gearon wrote:
> 1/ Are the bits in BIT(n) types stored as 1 bit per '0/1' or as one
> BYTE per '0/1' ?
1 bit
> 2/ What is the RANGE of the number of bits storable?
1 to about 8*10^9 should be possible (although perhaps not thoroughly
tested by many people)
> 3/ What kind of speed comparisons are there between using BIT(n)
> tyeps and using multiple columns of INT4/8 values?
There should not be any noticeable difference.
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