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Wed, 25 March 2009 12:21

startanew
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Hi guys/gals
would like to know is it feasible to index a table column that store timestamp (e.g 12 mac 2009 18:54:09)

thank in advance

cheers

Wed, 25 March 2009 12:33

Mahesh Rajendran
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Timestamp is just an extension for DATE datatype.
A better option is to index according to the format that will be used to query.

Wed, 25 March 2009 12:40

startanew
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hi thxs for the reply
sorry, what i mean is the date column..
so it is ok to index a datetime column..just to confirm

Wed, 25 March 2009 12:42

Mahesh Rajendran
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Same response and
Yes you can.

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