hard disk space is pretty cheap now - i wouldn't be scared of having a lot
of smallint fields
Alan

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> Hello people,
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> I am duing a database that will store many data of a hardware, and I need
> many fields with 8 bits of size with one, i can use the smallint
> that i will
> use 2 times the size of my real size that i need or i can use a char[1] to
> use just 1 byte, but the char[1] just armazen from 1 to 255 don't use 0 or
> 256 so how can i use them?
> I need one field from 0 - 255 or 1 - 256 thanks for any help.
> If somebody nows how can I armazen 1 bit and can make select for
> this field
> I will apreciate too.
> I have to economize space, so think on it.
>
> thanks for any help
>
> Vinicius Marques De Bernardi
> Desenvolvimento - MAXTRACK
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