Is INTEGER more efficient than MEDIUMINT?
I have an on-going debate with a colleague over the use of numeric datatypes in my tables. He states that since my database runs on a 32bit processor that I should just have all of my number columns be typed as INTEGER. He says that it is more efficient than using TINYINTs, SMALLINTs and MEDIUMINTS, which I use frequently in my tables.
Several months ago I took the MySQL DBA course and the instructor said that it is the cumulative affect of all of the small fine-tunings that will help your database to run most efficiently. So my rebuttle to my colleague has always been that even a one byte savings in a record adds up when you have many thousands of records. (Several of the tables are approaching 500000 records).
I currently have no performance issues in the database, but I worry that perhaps he is correct. Feedback would be appreciated....
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Is INTEGER more efficient than MEDIUMINT?
June 06, 2008 08:08AM
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