Re: Corn job anomaly

> On Sep 27, 2016, at 2:24 AM, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@leedsbeckett.ac.uk> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Karl DeSaulniers [mailto:karl@designdrumm.com] >> Sent: 25 September 2016 09:59 >> To: PHP List Database <php-db@lists.php.net> >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Corn job anomaly >> >> Now I am getting an error with mysql syntax. >> >> "SELECT otn.*, cf.* FROM ".ORDER_TABLE." otn LEFT JOIN >> ".FIELDS_TABLE." cf >> ON cf.Order_ID = otn.Order_ID WHERE cf.Earliest_Pickup >= DATE(NOW()) AND >> cf.Earliest_Pickup <= DATE(NOW() + INTERVAL ".($Num_Days_Away+1)." DAY) AND >> otn.Order_Status != 'Shipping' AND otn.Order_Status != >> 'Completed'" >> >> is giving me this error: >> You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that >> corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near >> '\"Shipping\" AND otn.Order_Status != \"Completed\"' at line >> 1 > > I don't think INTERVAL works like that - you probably need something like: > > ... cf.Earliest_Pickup <= DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL ".($Num_Days_Away+1)." > DAY) AND ... > > Incidentally, as I understand it CURDATE() does exactly the same as DATE(NOW()), and is > probably more readable. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > -- > Mike Ford, Hi Mike, I figured out what was wrong with my script on that error. I had mysqli_real_escape_string() wrapping the whole select statement. The INTERVAL part I got from PHP.net and it is working just fine. Just fyi. Once I wrapped just ($Num_Days_Away+1) part it started working. Thanks for responding! Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com