Ben Dunlap wrote: >> sorry man, but a good data design keeps only data in a table u can not >> calculate. in ur case that would be only <date> <start> and <end> time. >> refernces to user and project/tasks in other tables. >> >> ur time sheet is definately a job for a report. that type of design limits u >> to nothing. a user can start ans stop as many times he wants a day or time >> range. u can report any number of time bits to any number of project a day >> or time range > > I agree (unless the app just doesn't have access to the start/stop data). > > Ben OK, I think I understand most points except the start and stop time. Every time sheet I have used, SAP and several other smaller ones, I enter a weeks worth of time data like: Project Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat ------------------------------------------------------------------- Grill steaks 8 8 8 8 0 Vacation 0 0 0 0 8 So why wouldn't I store the dates and the hours instead of start and stop times? -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php