RE: [PHP-DB] Select where date is in period

Have you checked at the BETWEEN (x and y) clause? e.g. SELECT * FROM table WHERE searchdate BETWEEN (date_online AND date_offline) Not tested this on MySQL, but the above is perfectly legal SQL92. Hope this helps. _____ ~ Richard Allsebrook ~ Applications Developer and Webmaster Easysoft Limited, Thorp Arch Grange, Thorp Arch, Wetherby, LS23 7BA, UK http://www.easysoft.com <http://www.easysoft.com> - http://www.cinema.com <http://www.cinema.com> "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." _____ -----Original Message----- From: boclair [mailto:boclair@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 6:05 AM To: php-db Cc: boclair Subject: FW: [PHP-DB] Select where date is in period The database has a table of equipments with date fields for date_online and date_offline. The requirement is to find which equipments were available on a date specified by the user, this being a variable created by the user. My attempts at scripting for the condition where the date_online <= 'specified variable' and the date_offline => 'specified variable' totally fail for syntax says mySQL (and possibly for method) I would be grateful for help or a pointer to a reference. Tim Morris -- 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

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