Hello.
For example, the size of the field. DATETIME uses only 8 bytes. See:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-requirements.html
Sinang, Danny wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Can anyone tell me what advantages there are in keeping dates and times
>in a MySQL
>DateTime field, as oppo
>
>Can anyone tell me what advantages there are in keeping dates and times in
a MySQL DateTime field, as opposed to storing its >string equivalent in a
Varchar field ?
Decent sorting, validity checking, being able to use the DATE and TIME
functions etc etc...
With regards,
Martijn Tonies
Databa
