Sep 25, 2017 · What are the SQL Server benefits of using proper data types? Example: SmallInt/TinyInt vs Regular Integer Decimal (2) vs float Varchar (100) vs char (100) Will it really matter these days, …

However, the only reason I know for doing this is for storage purposes--using 1 byte on a row instead of 4 bytes. What are the impacts of using tinyint (or smallint or even bigint) over just int, other than …

As others have pointed out, smallint (2) doesn't do what you think it does. In MySQL, the best way to guarantee two-digit numbers is to build a table, insert all the valid two-digit numbers, and set a …

Jan 30, 2018 · In MySQL table definitions is there a different between INT (5) and SMALLINT (5)? Or do they both represent the same size?

Jan 8, 2019 · Why am I getting an implicit conversion of Int / Smallint to Varchar, and is it really impacting Cardinality Estimates? Ask Question Asked 6 years, 11 months ago Modified 9 months ago

A smallint data type uses the msb (most significant bit) to indicate the sign of the value. The range of values, therefore, is -2^15 (-32,768) to 2^15-1 (32,767).

Jan 14, 2023 · The smallest integer data-type listed in the documentation is SMALLINT which requires 2 bytes. The table I want to add the field to is partitioned and currently holds approximately 3 billion …

Oct 25, 2020 · The document says, smallint data type storage size is 2 Bytes and char(n) data type storage size is every character equal to 1 byte. char [ ( n ) ] Fixed-size string data. n defines the …

Apr 6, 2025 · The performance impact is hard to predict; you would have to run a benchmark. The bigger problem is consistency: you'd need check constraints to make sure only the proper strings are …

Nov 11, 2024 · Thank you. The problem is that in the "needed to migrate" database of SQLite, there are many records containing this can_reboot and the values at this field are either true or false. That is …