SQL
Bitstring Type
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| Name | Aliases | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| `BITSTRING` | `BIT` | variable-length strings of 1s and 0s |  
Bitstrings are strings of 1s and 0s. The bit type data is of variable length. A bitstring value requires 1 byte for each group of 8 bits, plus a fixed amount to store some metadata.  
By default bitstrings will not be padded with zeroes.
Bitstrings can be very large, having the same size restrictions as `BLOB`s.