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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  • Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard

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