David Wheeler writes:
> bytea with the binary or the hex?
Binary or hex what?
> And isn't it a bit of a waste to add the extra 4 bytes when I'll only
> ever need 16?
Sure, but if you want to avoid that, you'll have to implement your own
data type. Actually, I think someone has already done that for GUID. If
you search the archives you might find out about it.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net