[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55942: Add a "type" field to the meta and options tables

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#55942: Add a "type" field to the meta and options tables
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 Reporter:  azaozz                               |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Database                             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  testing                                        |  performance
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Comment (by rjasdfiii):

 What happens when a user fetches posts based on a postmeta value that
 needs to be numeric (int or float)?  This is one of the more clumsy and
 inefficient tasks today; what will the SQL code look like with your
 changes?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55942#comment:33>
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