> -----Original Message----- > Steiner, Randy > > I have a table that will contain sales monthly summary. I am > not sure which > is the better way to handle the date of the data. I can > create a year field > and a month field or I can create a date field and force in > the day e.g. > 2003 November's data can be 01-Nov-03 . > > Is there a censuses on which way to handle the date?
A consensus? I think probably not. :) I like the idea that the date datatype performs validation on the values entered. I personally would create a date field with a before insert/update trigger that sets :new.date := trunc (:new.date, 'MM') ; If you need an index on year then you can use a function based index on trunc (date, 'YYYY') -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jacques Kilchoer INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
