Data types | Postgres.FM 057 | #PostgreSQL #Postgres podcast

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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 in the comments, or by tweeting us on @samokhvalov https://twitter.com/samokhvalov and @michristofides https://twitter.com/michristofides


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Postgres FM is brought to you by:
- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai https://postgres.ai/
- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard https://pgmustard.com/


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