It's easier (as in less typing) to sort by one field than two.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: pointless question


>
> in the manual:
> |6.2.6.2 Storage requirements for date and time types
> |
> |Column type Storage required
> |DATE  3 bytes
> |DATETIME  8 bytes
> |TIMESTAMP  4 bytes
> |TIME  3 bytes
> |YEAR  1 byte
>
> so, does datetime do more then date + time?
> datetime = 8 bytes, date + time = 6 bytes
>
> its really a pointless question, but just something that caught my
attention
> while i was looking for something else.
>
>
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