Re: Showif date > other date
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56765
interpreted = N
texte = >On Mar 11, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>Hi Tim, >> >>I also forgot to mention that we often store dates in three >>separate fields (month, day, year) because those fields match our >>common use of three popup fields in our forms. >> >>We have found that it is often easier to match each form field with >>a corresponding database field than to combine the three into a >>single formatted date to be stored in one field ... and then to >>split this date field value into three separate components when >>re-populating the same three form fields again (such as in an edit >>form). >> >>Besides, sometimes we need to search for people whose birthdays are >>coming soon (within the next 30 days for example) and you have to >>ignore the year in this kind of search, so using three separate >>fields makes this search easier as well. > >How would you do a range search if your data was stored like that? A range search only work on one field, so I would do a greater than/less than search. -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>On Mar 11, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>Hi Tim, >> >>I also forgot to mention that we often store dates in three >>separate fields (month, day, year) because those fields match our >>common use of three popup fields in our forms. >> >>We have found that it is often easier to match each form field with >>a corresponding database field than to combine the three into a >>single formatted date to be stored in one field ... and then to >>split this date field value into three separate components when >>re-populating the same three form fields again (such as in an edit >>form). >> >>Besides, sometimes we need to search for people whose birthdays are >>coming soon (within the next 30 days for example) and you have to >>ignore the year in this kind of search, so using three separate >>fields makes this search easier as well. > >How would you do a range search if your data was stored like that? A range search only work on one field, so I would do a greater than/less than search. -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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