Appropriate data field type for true/false value?

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Published on 2010-06-07T12:09:07Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 12:12 UTC
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Hi everybody,

What's the most appropriate (read least data consuming) data field to store a true/false/1/0 value in a mySQL database?

I have previously used a one character long tinyint, but I am not sure if it's the best solution?

Thanks!

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