Thanks Michiel!!! I appreciate all your help. _CJ
On Monday 26 July 2004 01:43 pm, Michiel Meeuwissen wrote: > Curtney Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings!! > > > > Can someone please explain to me why I would want to use a LONG vs > > INTEGER as the database type for storing dates (eventtime). Are there any > > advantages to using a LONG type? > > Yes, your range is much bigger. > > If you use INTEGER then you are limited to 1901 to 2038 or so. People like > to specify '2050' or '2100' when e.g. exmaple it should mean 'never', so we > started to support LONG. You can now also implement a history site with > mmevents (storing 1792: french revolution and so on..) > > > Michiel
