Re: Data Type for "flags"

李彦 Ian Li <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.php
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Oops... I've just omitted the smallint type at the beginning of the 
document. Thanks anyway!

李彦 Ian Li wrote:
> Hello all:
>     I am new to PHP and PostgereSQL with some former experiences of ASP 
> and MSSQL. My question is when I want to represent different types of 
> object, or different status of object in my application, e.g. class of 
> users, I used to use tinyint in MSSQL. But I found there is no such 
> thing in PGSQL, so what should I use instead? integer, bytea ,or bit(n)? 
> I think integer will be the most convenient to use, isn't it?
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
> 


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