Re: Convert date and time colums to datetime

Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-10-20T02:32:07Z
Lists: pgsql-general

> On Oct 19, 2025, at 2:38 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 

Definitely a datetime (single value) problem, imho