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At 12:35 PM 9/9/97 -0400, boothm@earth.goddard.edu wrote: >Ok, we've had two, maybe three, people say the L-date field is the way to >go. Any other voices? > >And John, you still haven't said what inaccurate date we should use to >signify a date field that is unfilled yet. > >I am asking this because I really do want to use the L-date field, but I >get hammered everytime I mention it to others. If performance really is >no longer an issue then that is great, but if reading through an unkeyed >file takes three times as long for every L-date field in it then L-date is >not ready for primetime. booth Might as well add my 3-cents. I think someone mentioned NULL values inthis thread. Is that an option? I mean, that's what NULL is for--something not filled yet. Maybe? +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com | and specify 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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