Domains vs data types

From: Ertan Küçükoglu <ertan(dot)kucukoglu(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Domains vs data types
Date: 2025-08-20 04:47:43
Message-ID: CAH2i4yf_M5NfX_kDu6_2Z+sgqLOZK9vCsF3EfmwZQyYFuAMxpg@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,

I am using PostgreSQL 17.6.
I would like to learn if there is any benefit of using domains over data
types for table column definitions in terms of performance gain/loss.

For example I might have table defined as below
create table test (
a integer,
b integer,
c integer,
d varchar(5)
);

I might also have ame table defined as below

create domain aint integer;
create domain s5 varchar(5);

create table test_domain (
a aint,
b aint,
c aint,
d s5
);

Does the second table have any technical advantage/disadvantage over plain
data type definition?
Less metadata in memory? High metadata in memory? Less/increased disk space?

Thanks & Regards,
Ertan

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