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For example, the size of the field. DATETIME uses only 8 bytes. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-requirements.html Sinang, Danny wrote: >Hello, > >Can anyone tell me what advantages there are in keeping dates and times >in a MySQL >DateTime field, as opposed to storing its string equivalent in a >Varchar field ? >Regards, >Danny -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
