Re[2]: sorted search

2005-02-24 Thread Yura Smolsky
Hello, Erik. about memory usage... DateField takes string of 9 bytes in memory ('000ic64p7') How much memory will be taken by this string? How much memory will be taken by integer? EH> Sorting by String uses up lots more RAM than a numeric sort. If you EH> use a numeric (yet lexicographically o

Re[2]: sorted search

2005-02-24 Thread Yura Smolsky
Hello, Erik. if i need to store hour and minute then I need to place date into following integer format: MMDDHHII ? Will it be faster than current solution? And will I have ability to do Ranged queries (from Date A to Date B)? EH> Sorting by String uses up lots more RAM than a numeric sort.