Re: newbie - problems with Select and timestamp(14) calculation

>(NOW()+0) Not sure what the +0 achieves?? Try with just NOW(). Cheers. Russ On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:41:14 +0100 "p.whiter" <p.whiter@0800dial.com> wrote: > Hi > I am trying to set-up a type of anti-flood block on one of my forms, the way > I am doing this is that when the first submission is made I log various > details into a user_log table including IP no and a Timestamp (14) column > called log_time. Now if the button is clicked again the php script will run > the following query: > > SELECT user_ip FROM clinic_log WHERE user_ip = '$pw_userIP' AND > (((NOW()+0) - clinic_log.log_time ) < 300) > > What I am (trying) doing here is to check the users IP ($pw_userIP) against > the user_ip column in the database and if it matches then check to see > whether it has been there for less than 300 seconds. > > I have just spent the last couple of hours trying to get this > working......it doesn't want to know. It keeps finding the matching IP and > disregarding the time calculation...... > > Thanks for any help. > Paul > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------#