On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:40:29 +1000 "Andrew Maclean" <andrew.amaclean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a large database and I want to have several fields (among many) > that are single character fields (in fact they are bitfields). > > 1) Is char(1) the most efficient way to store these fields? If not > what is better? boolean? Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
