[libdb-develop] Re: [feature] Date Ranges and Database Manipulations

[Richard A. <lil...@ya...>]

>Neither of these will work.  The above is clearly
>November 1, 2004; 
> it"s a specific day.  The below is clearly March 21,
>2004; also a 
> specific day.  This is a problem trying to match
>bibliographic dates to 
> data models designed for banks.
 
> I don"t know the solution, but one is to throw out
>the date-datatying, 
> and store it some other way.  There is one schema
>that represents 
> seasons something like 2000-21.

I understand what you're saying, I was just throwing
out an idea that would allow the db to hold an
approximate of the date as well as the text. I just
don't know that Morbus is going to move away from SQL
just to allow for this. I'm trying to find the middleground.


	
		
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