PREGRESQL supported data types

 

Below table show the datatypes available in POSTGRESQL

Name	Aliases	Description
bigint	int8	signed eight-byte integer
bigserial	serial8	autoincrementing eight-byte integer
bit [ (n) ]		fixed-length bit string
bit varying [ (n) ]	varbit [ (n) ]	variable-length bit string
boolean	bool	logical Boolean (true/false)
box		rectangular box on a plane
bytea		binary data (“byte array”)
character [ (n) ]	char [ (n) ]	fixed-length character string
character varying [ (n) ]	varchar [ (n) ]	variable-length character string
cidr		IPv4 or IPv6 network address
circle		circle on a plane
date		calendar date (year, month, day)
double precision	float8	double precision floating-point number (8 bytes)
inet		IPv4 or IPv6 host address
integer	int, int4	signed four-byte integer
interval [ fields ] [ (p) ]		time span
json		textual JSON data
jsonb		binary JSON data, decomposed
line		infinite line on a plane
lseg		line segment on a plane
macaddr		MAC (Media Access Control) address
macaddr8		MAC (Media Access Control) address (EUI-64 format)
money		currency amount
numeric [ (p, s) ]	decimal [ (p, s) ]	exact numeric of selectable precision
path		geometric path on a plane
pg_lsn		PostgreSQL Log Sequence Number
pg_snapshot		user-level transaction ID snapshot
point		geometric point on a plane
polygon		closed geometric path on a plane
real	float4	single precision floating-point number (4 bytes)
smallint	int2	signed two-byte integer
smallserial	serial2	autoincrementing two-byte integer
serial	serial4	autoincrementing four-byte integer
text		variable-length character string
time [ (p) ] [ without time zone ]		time of day (no time zone)
time [ (p) ] with time zone	timetz	time of day, including time zone
timestamp [ (p) ] [ without time zone ]		date and time (no time zone)
timestamp [ (p) ] with time zone	timestamptz	date and time, including time zone
tsquery		text search query
tsvector		text search document
txid_snapshot		user-level transaction ID snapshot (deprecated; see pg_snapshot)
uuid		universally unique identifier
xml		XML data