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|    Hugo Kornelis to bill    |
|    Re: Computed PERSISTED column for dates     |
|    04 Nov 09 21:56:39    |
      6e0f3657       From: hugo@perFact.REMOVETHIS.info.INVALID              On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:22:22 -0800 (PST), bill wrote:              >I don't like persisting derved data, but it makes sense in this case,       >because it's a write-once read-many situation. Given that it is going       >to be persisted, the choice is between a persisted computed column and       >a trigger, and I like the computed column much better.              Hi Bill,              Have you considered using a materialized view, as a third alternative?              --       Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP       My SQL Server blog: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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