Mihai Gheorghiu wrote:

> I have a short table (10 records) with a primary key column.
> 
> What primary key column data type will make search faster: int2 or char?
> What about char(n) n=2,3...?
> I'm looking for speed, as that search is very frequent.

        With such a short table, won't a index lookup actually make your query 
slower?



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