Tinyint vs Bit?

Question

I don\'t want to touch-off a religious war here, but there seem to be two schools of thoughts in how to represent boolean values in a database. Some say bit is

Answer 1

When you add a bit column to your table it will occupy a whole byte in each record, not just a single bit. When you add a second bit column it will be stored in the same byte. The ninth bit column will require a second byte of storage. Tables with 1 bit column will not gain any storage benefit.

Tinyint and bit can both be made to work, I have used both successfully and have no strong preference.