On 3/3/07, Rick Praetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis, > > As an aside, I never use date fields. > I work mostly in MySQL, but also Valentina and REALSQL > I do a tremendous amount of date calling for reservations and cash > register transactions. > I store all dates as strings: YYYYMMDD then deal with it in RB as a > date object thru a method > I store Timestamps as strings: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > > I had all kinds of headaches when trying to use date fields. > Now I never have any problems. > Comparing dates is particularly easy. > Subtracting dates isn't as easy.
Thanks for the tip. I've decided to do something along the same lines and already have it mostly working. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
