Re: <char dimension with charset UTF8>
Posted by: Rick James
Date: November 28, 2010 07:06PM

You are into small differences.

Each of these is 1 byte:
TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL
CHAR(1) NOT NULL CHARACTER SET ASCII
ENUM('x', 'y', 'z') NOT NULL
BINARY(1) NOT NULL

INT is 4 bytes
VARCHAR has a length field
CHAR(1) with utf8 involves complex collation, and will occupy 3 bytes. (A new charset name will be used for 4-byte utf8, coming in 5.5(?))
NULL takes an extra bit for NULLness (in MyISAM)
UNSIGNED makes no difference in this context, but it seems 'right'

ENUM often seems the 'best', but it is messy if you need to add a new value.
TINYINT is cryptic; you need to remember what '1' means.
BINARY(1), with a letter in it, is a compromise.


CREATE TABLE 'user'( 'level' int );
-->
CREATE TABLE `user`( `level` int );
(note backtics instead of apostrophes)

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