From: "DePhillips, Michael P"
> Am I gaining anything by using a timestamp instead of using dateTime and
> calling now(), for example, increased performance, better indexing, etc.
> I guess another way to ask this is does the MySQL internals handle a
> timestamp more efficiently than a dateTime.
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Michael P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:02 AM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: dateTime vrs. Timestamp
Hello,
Am I gaining anything by using a timestamp instead of using dateTime and
calling now(), for example, increased performance, better indexing, etc.
I guess
Hello,
Am I gaining anything by using a timestamp instead of using dateTime and
calling now(), for example, increased performance, better indexing, etc.
I guess another way to ask this is does the MySQL internals handle a
timestamp more efficiently than a dateTime.
Thanks
Michael
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