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Peekay
MySQL UNSIGNED - Should I use this?
  • 2006/12/2 22:28

  • Peekay

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Tinkering with MySQL and wondered if anyone can advise me on this.

If I want to store the number 200, is it best to use:

a) TINYINT(4) UNSIGNED (which gives me 0 - 255)

or

b) SMALLINT(4) which allows for -32768 to 32767.

I read several places on the MySQL site that 'unsigned' is 'non-standard' so I wondered if it's worth bothering with for the amount of space saved. I also need to perform some 'sum' calculations at some point so I want to use the right data type.

Any tips would be apreciated
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Without
Re: MySQL UNSIGNED - Should I use this?
  • 2007/1/1 22:30

  • Without

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I always use UNSIGNED in mySQL, but if you want use other database like postgreSQL, you can use SMALLINT.
SMALLINT takes 4 bytes, TINYINT takes 2 bytes.
When you use TINYINT you save 2 bytes per record.

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Peekay
Re: MySQL UNSIGNED - Should I use this?
  • 2007/1/2 1:51

  • Peekay

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Thx Without.

It does indeed seem a sensible thing to do to optimise the DB. I get the impression this only becomes an issue if you transfer to another DB system that doesn't support it - which isn't going to happen in my case.

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