Create a field type DECIMAL(5,2) like for money

[Thorsten Hohage]

Hi,

On 2008-07-10, at 19:45, Bart Pietercil wrote:

> I really don't have the time right now to explain but I couldn't  
> agree less....
while hating to say me too, I must agree with you and not agreeing ;-=


> 1) most serious sql databases understand the types Valentina is using
> 2) if you want speed you will need to optimise the structure of your  
> database
> 3) if looking up the meaning of the datatypes in the wiki proves to   
> be too difficult maybe you should be only the datatypes you do  
> understand ?


not only because of speed wise, sometimes it's a question of memory,  
too. E.g. position tracking for a large scale logistic company with  
several 1000000 records you're happy about every single byte you can  
squeeze out of a row ;-)


regards,

Thorsten Hohage
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