Re: how to test a string for a valid date in sql
From: Gerard H. Pille <ghp_at_skynet.be>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:50:57 +0100
Message-ID: <4b24ff50$0$2846$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be>
Robert Klemme wrote:
>> A table lookup will never beat a couple of lines of sql "logic".
>
> When it comes to using words like "never" and "always" I am very
> cautious. Next someone might turn up with an example where a table
> lookup beats what you call "SQL logic" by an order of magnitude.
>
> Cheers
>
> robert
>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:50:57 +0100
Message-ID: <4b24ff50$0$2846$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be>
Robert Klemme wrote:
>> A table lookup will never beat a couple of lines of sql "logic".
>
> When it comes to using words like "never" and "always" I am very
> cautious. Next someone might turn up with an example where a table
> lookup beats what you call "SQL logic" by an order of magnitude.
>
> Cheers
>
> robert
>
I'd love that, to get to know the feeling to be wrong for once.
;-)
But you are right to be cautious. Received on Sun Dec 13 2009 - 08:50:57 CST