Use the smallest possible column size - Amazon Redshift
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Use the smallest possible column size

Don't make it a practice to use the maximum column size for convenience.

Instead, consider the largest values you are likely to store in your columns and size them accordingly. For instance, a CHAR column for storing U.S. state and territory abbreviations used by the post office only needs to be CHAR(2).