Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:38:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Convert date and time colums to datetime
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2025, Rob Sargent wrote:

> I think you have to ask why those values were separated in the first
> place. For instance if they are thought of as a pair in most queries then
> an alteration might be in order. There can be a large one time cost if
> these tables occur in a lot of separate sql calls in the business logic.

Rob,

Good point. They're in the contacts table and I use them to determine when
to make another contact and if prior contacts were more productive in the
morning or afternoon.

Thanks,

Rich