periods table structure#

The periods table holds the time periods and their period_id. Default entry with id 1 is the entire day. Attributes follow

Field

Type

NULL allowed

Default Value

period_id

INTEGER

NO

period_start

INTEGER

NO

period_end

INTEGER

NO

period_description

TEXT

YES

(* - Primary key)

The SQL statement for table and index creation is below.

CREATE TABLE if not exists periods (period_id               INTEGER UNIQUE NOT NULL,
                                    period_start            INTEGER NOT NULL,
                                    period_end              INTEGER NOT NULL,
                                    period_description      TEXT
                                    CHECK(TYPEOF(period_id) == 'integer')
                                    CHECK(TYPEOF(period_start) == 'integer')
                                    CHECK(TYPEOF(period_end) == 'integer'));

INSERT INTO periods (period_id, period_start, period_end, period_description) VALUES(1, 0, 86400, 'Default time period, whole day');

INSERT INTO 'attributes_documentation' (name_table, attribute, description) VALUES('periods','period_id', 'ID of the time period');
INSERT INTO 'attributes_documentation' (name_table, attribute, description) VALUES('periods','period_start', 'Start of the time period');
INSERT INTO 'attributes_documentation' (name_table, attribute, description) VALUES('periods','period_end', 'End of the time period');
INSERT INTO 'attributes_documentation' (name_table, attribute, description) VALUES('periods','period_description', 'Optional description of the time period');