bit strings

From: "Andrew Bartley" <abartley(at)evolvosystems(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: bit strings
Date: 2002-11-07 02:29:42
Message-ID: 003801c28605$9996f1c0$3200a8c0@abartleypc
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Hi all

Data base version PostgreSQL 7.2.1

Can some one tell me how much storage bit strings use.

eg. create table x
(
a BIT VARYING (8)
);

Is the storage for this column 1 byte per row/tuple?

I note that a boolean data type uses 1 byte per column.

Thanks

Andrew

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