But unix timestamp doesn't support milliseconds either. You could store the timestamp in one column and the milliseconds in an extra smallint column. Then combine the two on output.
-Eric On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:25:19 +0200, Gianpaolo Fasoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > We are looking into migrating our application from oracle to mysql. > > Almost every migration issue we've hit could be solved except for this one. > > In one of our oracle tables, we've got a column with a timestamp datatype. > > select * from (select to_char(ts_action, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS.FF3') > from table1) where rownum <= 2; > TO_CHAR(TS_OPERATION,'MM/DD/Y > ----------------------------- > 06/01/2004 18:57:05.406 > 06/01/2004 18:57:05.828 > > The problem here is that I have to be able to store milliseconds in a > mysql table. From what I've read in the manual MySQL does not support > milliseconds in any of the date datatypes. > > The only alternative I see, would be to extract the date in a > unix_timestamp like format from oracle and insert it into an INT. This > of course means the application would have to handle date conversion for > output to user. > > Is this the only solution I have or did I miss something? > > Thanks in advance, > > GP. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
