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

i think i also used >= to indicate 'equal or greater to than' instead of => like you have ... Steve Brett Internal Development EMIS Ltd. "Privileged and /or Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the original addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, please delete this message, and notify us immediately. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this message are not given or endorsed by my firm or employer unless otherwise indicated by an authorised representative independently of this message." Egton Medical Information Systems Limited. Registered in England. No 2117205. Registered Office: Park House Mews, 77 Back Lane, Off Broadway, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4RF > -----Original Message----- > From: boclair [mailto:boclair@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: 22 March 2001 12:45 > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Select where date is in period > > > > ___Morris___ > > 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) > > ___Richard___ > > 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. > > ___Morris_____ > > Thanks for that. I searched the Manual, yet again and could not find > this or like syntax. I tried it though and got > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource. > > My attempt, one of many, > > $result = mysql_query("select * from plant.eqpt where date_online <= > $checkdate AND where date_offline => $checkdate order by type, > size"); > > generated the same warning. > > Still searching for a solution > > 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 >