The sqlite *VIEW* can *create* duration with "SELECT .....,
datetime2-datetime1 as Duration" right inside your sql query.  Just learn a
little about the sql query langrage and you may find exactly what you want
for this project and many more to come. :)

Good luck.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Carey Gagnon <[email protected]>wrote:

> >
> > Not well known but Sqlite has some internal functions that duplicate what
> > you
> > are doing above. Might save you some troublee:
> > http://sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html
> >
> > Thanks again Adrian. I've already managed it as was shown in the previous
> email, but I will investing gate for the future.
>
> As far as the create view goes, from my reading, I'm not sure I can use it
> as the Records table has no field "duration". It is a virtual field in
> dabo.
> Unless of course I can substute the table in the from clause  (from
> Records)
> with dataset (from dataset)
>
> All great pointers folks.
>
> It's all greatly appreciated.
>
> Carey
>
>
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