In the last episode (Aug 20), Joshua Beall said:
> Is there any way in MySQL to have calculated fields?  E.g., a make
> "expiration" equal to the "lastPaid" date, plus 1 year.  Whenever
> lastPaid gets updated, expiration can be updated as well.
> 
> Is this possible?  I know it could be implemented client side, but I
> am wondering if it could be done directly in MySQL?

Not until views (will be in 5.0) or triggers (targeted for 5.1) are
implemented.

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        Dan Nelson
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