How I Decide Tinyint Or Char Is Better

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tinyint(1) or char(1) is faster?? both will take same space.but performance wise which one is better.pls help

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Posted 7-May-15 20:49pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-05-07T21:03:00

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This is not about performance; this is about semantic. If your semantic is numeric, if you are going to use numerical operators or functions, use a numeric type. In other cases, use character.

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Posted 7-May-15 21:03pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov