Re: Problem with summary on date / inconsequent webcat behaviour

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19126
interpreted = N
texte = Thank you very much, Ken. This might be just what I need. And since the administration pages for my db solution are well structured, I might get the time to modify the whole thing before hitting the deadline! THANKS!I hope PCS correct these problems in the 3.0 version.>>>I had all kinds of problems with WebSTAR crashes when working >>>with dates. I followed Ken's advice and stored dates as numbers in my >>>databases. Now searches are much faster and no crashes. > >>What do you mean by 'numbers'? Do date fields in your database contain '/' >>to seperate dd/mm/yyyy or is it all a string of digits? > >He means storing dates as the number of days since 00/00/0000. > >>>I don't recall the URL of the info from Ken, but he had posted >>>guidelines for using this format for dates on his site. > >It's here: http://webdna.net/dates.html > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome >808-737-6499 >WebDNA Solutions >mailto:ken@webdna.net >http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Problem with summary on date / inconsequent webcat behaviour (Per Christian Lied 1998)
  2. Re: Problem with summary on date / inconsequent webcat behaviour (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. Problem with summary on date / inconsequent webcat behaviour (Per Christian Lied 1998)
  4. Re: Problem with summary on date / inconsequent webcat behaviour (Gil Poulsen 1998)
Thank you very much, Ken. This might be just what I need. And since the administration pages for my db solution are well structured, I might get the time to modify the whole thing before hitting the deadline! THANKS!I hope PCS correct these problems in the 3.0 version.>>>I had all kinds of problems with WebSTAR crashes when working >>>with dates. I followed Ken's advice and stored dates as numbers in my >>>databases. Now searches are much faster and no crashes. > >>What do you mean by 'numbers'? Do date fields in your database contain '/' >>to seperate dd/mm/yyyy or is it all a string of digits? > >He means storing dates as the number of days since 00/00/0000. > >>>I don't recall the URL of the info from Ken, but he had posted >>>guidelines for using this format for dates on his site. > >It's here: http://webdna.net/dates.html > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome >808-737-6499 >WebDNA Solutions >mailto:ken@webdna.net >http://www.webdna.net Per Christian Lied

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