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Re: Date Fields

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In article <slrnlb2hlv.1np6.t-usenet@ID-685.user.individual.de>, Martin
Ԥrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:24:24 +1300, Helpful Harry wrote:
> > >
> > > I prefer stored fields. They display faster, especially on list and
> > > table views. And they are much faster for find operations.
> > 
> >  They will be, but the problem is that they often show the incorrect /
> >  out-dated data. 
> 
> Often? I use them very much, and when they show incorrect or outdated
> data it's usually the designer's fault.

Yep, because they didn't set the field to be Unstored.  ;o)



> Where and when do you observe incorrect data?

Every time you change the source data and the stored calculation
retains the old value rather than recalculate to the correct new value
... as in the original posted problem.

I didn't say stored values don't have any use, but most of the time you
do want a Calculation field to actually calculate.

Helpful Harry  :o)

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Date Fields jiriksova@gmail.com - 2013-12-17 13:03 -0800
  Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-17 21:27 +0000
    Re: Date Fields jiriksova@gmail.com - 2013-12-17 15:30 -0800
      Re: Date Fields Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-12-18 13:11 +1300
        Re: Date Fields jiriksova@gmail.com - 2013-12-17 17:26 -0800
        Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-18 05:24 +0000
          Re: Date Fields Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-12-18 19:24 +1300
            Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-18 06:55 +0000
              Re: Date Fields Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-12-19 18:48 +1300
                Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-19 07:16 +0000
                Re: Date Fields Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2013-12-19 09:30 -0800
                Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-19 18:26 +0000
                Re: Date Fields Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2013-12-19 11:45 -0800
                Re: Date Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-12-19 20:05 +0000

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