nad2000 / postgresql-contrib-uint

PostgreSQL unsigned integer type extension

postgresql-contrib-uint

This implementation is a branch from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/uint/ by Ryan Bradetich. It provides unsigned 2 byte and unsigned 4 byte data types to postgres 8.1 and greater.

This implementation of uint is in a way similar to https://github.com/maciekgajewski/postgres-uints. But atop of that this implementation provides also uint1.

Major changes made so far

• 2022-11-07: made compatible with 13.x, 14.x, 15.x;
• 2020-03-08: made compatible with 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x;
• added automated testing and CI (TravisCI): https://travis-ci.org/nad2000/postgresql-contrib-uint.
• dockerized and published at https://cloud.docker.com/u/nad2000/repository/docker/nad2000/postgres-uint;
• retested with PostgreSQL 9.5 and 9.6
• added support for CREATE EXTENSION;
• made compatible with >= 9.3.x;
• made compatible with 9.x;

Installation

PATH=<path to your PostgreSQL bin with **pg_config**>:$PATH; make && make install

Usage

postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION uint;
CREATE EXTENSION

postgres=# CREATE TABLE utable (id uint4, val8bit uint1);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# INSERT INTO utable VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6);
INSERT 0 3
postgres=# SELECT * FROM utable;
 id | val8bit 
----+---------
 1  | 2
 3  | 4
 5  | 6
(3 rows)

postgres=# \d utable 
    Table "public.utable"
 Column  | Type  | Modifiers 
---------+-------+-----------
 id      | uint4 | 
 val8bit | uint1 |