Data types

Postgres FM

Nikolay and Michael discuss data types in PostgreSQL — including system types, choosing between types, types provided by extensions, and more.
Here are some links to some things they mentioned:

• Data Types (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html
• 10 tips for beginners https://postgres.ai/blog/20230722-10-postgres-tips-for-beginners
• Tid Scan (explain glossary) https://www.pgmustard.com/docs/explain/tid-scan
• Don’t do this (wiki) https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don't_Do_This
• Boundless `text` and back again https://brandur.org/text
• UUID episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/uuid
• I use ENUM (30min talk by Boriss Mejías) https://archive.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/postgresql_i_use_enum_vindicating_the_underdog_of_data_types/
• Peter Geoghegan tweet https://twitter.com/petervgeoghegan/status/1680275871905775616
• JSON episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/json
• pg_repack reorder columns discussion https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack/issues/101
• Use bigint https://blog.rustprooflabs.com/2021/06/postgres-bigint-by-default

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What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!

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Postgres FM is brought to you by:

• Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
• Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard

With special thanks to:

• Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork