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  1. May 5th, 2009, 12:40 PM #1
    JamesBowtell
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    SQL Data Types

    Hey all,

    I have a database that stores computer specs e.g.

    Hard Drive Size (GB)
    Memory Size (MB/GB)
    Graphics Card Size (MB)

    What i'm trying to do is query the database to find for example all hard drives under 80GB....

    How would i achieve this, is there a data type that understands the differences between K, KB, MB, GB, TB?

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  2. May 5th, 2009, 01:13 PM #2
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    Re: SQL Data Types

    I would store as an integer and store all in byte size. Do the conversion in the application on the way in for storage and when querying the data
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  3. May 5th, 2009, 03:17 PM #3
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    Re: SQL Data Types

    I agree with Gary, but rather than storing the amount of Bytes, store the smallest units you are interested in (which based on your example is MB).
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  4. May 6th, 2009, 02:26 AM #4
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    Re: SQL Data Types

    Cheers guys....It would be handy if there were a data type :P
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