On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm angling toward using a very wide char(1) array. Is the one-byte overhead for char(n<126) applied to each element or to the array? Each element, it's a variable length type. There's probably a better way of storing your data, but if you end up really needing a one-byte long character type, there is "char" (with the quotes). Cheers, Steve -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general