Just a correction, dates in mysql are not strings by any means, they are stored
in 3 bytes (date and time or 8 bytes for datetime) and that's nowhere enough
for a string, however the representation of the date is a formatted string, so
for all intents and purposes any comparison to a date field should be using
quotes like mentioned already.
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Nathan Rixham <nrix...@gmail.com> wrote:
Richard Quadling wrote: > On 3 March 2011 10:09, Webforlaget.dk
<i...@web-forlaget.dk> wrote: >> I need help to know Why this dont work ? >>
>>_____________________________________________
>> >> $thisdate =date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$mth, $day, $year)); >> >> $sql =
>> >> "SELECT id,case,startdate,enddate FROM table WHERE startdate<=$thisdate
>> >> AND enddate>=$thisdate ORDER BY startdate"; >>
>> >> >>_____________________________________________
>> >> The result should be an array whith open cases at $thisdate, but nothing
>> >> appear. >> >> Is it something about dates in mysql ? >> >> Thanks for any
>> >> advice. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Venlige hilsner >> >> Rolf Brejner > >
>> >> I think that dates in SQL statements need to be in the quotes as they >
>> >> are strings and not integers. > > So, try ... > > $sql = "SELECT
>> >> id,case,startdate,enddate FROM table WHERE > startdate<='$thisdate' AND
>> >> enddate>='$thisdate' ORDER BY startdate"; > > I'm surprised you don't get
>> >> an error.... > > Ah. As it stands, the SQL is something like ... > >
>> >> WHERE startdate <= 2010 - 3 - 3 > > So, probably the actual test that is
>> >> being executed is .... > > WHERE startdate <= 2004 > > Which, for a date
>> >> stamp will never return anything sensible. yes, and remember the DATE and
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