Geometric data types represent two-dimensional spatial objects. Table 8-20 shows the geometric types available in PostgreSQL.
Range types are data types representing a range of values of some element type (called the range's subtype). For instance, ranges of
JSON data types are for storing JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data, as specified in RFC 7159.
The data type uuid stores Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) as defined by RFC 4122, ISO/IEC 9834-8:2005, and related standards. (Some systems
Object identifiers (OIDs) are used internally by PostgreSQL as primary keys for various system tables. OIDs are not added to user-created tables
The bytea data type allows storage of binary strings; see Table 8-6. Table 8-6. Binary
PostgreSQL provides two data types that are designed to support full text search, which is the activity of searching through a collection of
Enumerated (enum) types are data types that comprise a static, ordered set of values. They are equivalent to the enum types supported in a number
PostgreSQL supports the full set of SQL date and time types, shown in Table 8-9. The operations available
Bit strings are strings of 1's and 0's. They can be used to store or visualize bit masks. There are two SQL bit types: bit(n)
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