smallint | 2 bytes | small-range integer | -32768 to +32767 |
integer | 4 bytes | ypical choice for integer | -2147483648 to +2147483647 |
bigint | 8 bytes | large-range integer | -9223372036854775808 to +9223372036854775807 |
decimal | variable | user-specified precision, exact | up to 131072 digits before the decimal point; up to 16383 digits after the decimal point |
numeric | variable | user-specified precision, exact | up to 131072 digits before the decimal point; up to 16383 digits after the decimal point |
real | 4 bytes | variable-precision, inexact | 6 decimal digits precision |
double precision | 8 bytes | variable-precision, inexact | 15 decimal digits precision |
smallserial | 2 bytes | small autoincrementing integer | 1 to 32767 |
serial | 4 bytes | autoincrementing integer | 1 to 2147483647 |
bigserial | 8 bytes | large autoincrementing integer | 1 to 9223372036854775807 |
int4range | | Range of integer | |
int8range | | Range of bigint | |
numrange | | Range of numeric | |
