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Use of tinyint versus bit
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21/06/2005 13:12:15
 
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
Database design
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01025207
Message ID:
01025209
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>I'm reviewing a "Best Practices" document for SQL Database Developers and although I may not agree with all of the document I don't see any problems with the standards that are being put into place...
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>Except for the use of tinyint versus bit. Can someone explain to me the advantage of this use?

1. You cannot put the bit into a index
2. If you define a nullable bit, it use a tinyint ( 8 bits ) space.
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