At 05:08 PM 15/09/2007, you wrote:

>I know that we can save time values to a time field as follows:
>insert into test(T) values('10:15:00.0000')
>
>But how (if possible) do I save the time's integer value? For example:
>Note: 10:15 a.m. equals 369000000
>insert into test(T) values('369000000')
>
>In my application, I am working directly with Firebird's time fields
>corresponding integer value. Since the time value is already in
>integer form, I would be easy and eficient to just store the integer,
>thus eliminating a conversion to FB followed a FB conversion back to
>integer before saving to disk.
>
>If this is not possible, I will just convert the integer into the
>corresponding time string each time I need to save a time value.

It's not possible. But if you store two timestamps as start value
and end value, you can get the interval between them and calculate
the seconds and milliseconds difference between those. Of course,
this mightn't be as useful as your Plan B, of storing a clock time as
a time and having a trigger calculate its value into an integer field
of tenths of thousands of seconds since midnight.

./hb