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So I'm curious about why this method is more benefitial when reporitng on subfields. In either method aren't you still going to be getting a subfield based on the positions of the characters in the string? So the only effect it would have is the indices of the characters you wish to report on?

TheAmpersand
– TheAmpersand

2013-02-27 23:06:37 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2013 at 23:06
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If you have to frequently query on subfields, then you'd want each subfield in a separate database column and combine when necessary, which is usually faster and easier than splitting when necessary.

Karl Bielefeldt
– Karl Bielefeldt

2013-02-27 23:20:27 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2013 at 23:20

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