Re: timestamp(0) vs. timestamp

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Erwin Brandstetter <brsaweda(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: timestamp(0) vs. timestamp
Date: 2011-04-27 17:36:25
Message-ID: 5904.1303925785@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Erwin Brandstetter <brsaweda(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Hi all!
> This may seem unimportant, but I still would like to know.

> I have columns for timestamps without fractional digits, so I could
> define them as timestamp(0).
> However, there is no way fractions could ever enter anyway, because
> triggers and / or checks guarantee values without fractional seconds.

> Is it advantageous to define the column as timestamp(0) or simply as
> timestamp?
> Does the query planner or any other part of the RDBMS profit from the
> additional information in the definition?
> Or do I just create an overhead of useless checks or conversions
> (however small)?

There's no advantage to the system from knowing that, but consider that
having timestamp_in force the values to be nonfractional is likely to be
faster than having logic in a trigger to do it.

regards, tom lane

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