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From Paul Lambert
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Msg-id 475F8234.5090907@reynolds.com.au
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In response to Re: Query design assistance - getting daily totals  ("A. Kretschmer" <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>)
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A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am  Wed, dem 12.12.2007, um 10:34:35 +0900 mailte Paul Lambert folgendes:
>> year_id integer
>> month_id integer
>> working_day integer
> 
> Why this broken data types? We have date and timestamp[tz].
> 
> 

It's a financial application which needs to work using a concept of 
'financial periods' which may not necessarily correspond to calendar 
months and it's much easier to manage in this way than it is to merge it 
all together using a date field. Eg, 1st January may actually be the 
15th 'working day' of the 9th 'financial period' - however looking at 
just a date of jan-1 there is no way of knowing this and it's the 
periods that matter more so than the actual date.

I've given the function method a try and it looks to work efficiently 
enough.

P.

-- 
Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
AutoLedgers - A Reynolds & Reynolds Company


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