It's not my perl code, that error comes from webmin when I try to run that query. It's okay though, I have solved the problem, I'm just saving the date and the time separately now and it all works great. Thank you for the help
(C: >From: "Daniel Rosher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Curtis Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: DAYOFYEAR() >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:36:07 +1300 > >Curtis, > >This is not a mysql issue ('Error - Perl execution failed') > >works fine for me: > >my $hashref = $dbh->selectall_hashref(<<END_SQL); > select DAYOFYEAR('2002-01-14 11:08:40') >END_SQL > >printing with Data::Dumper produces > >$VAR1 = [ > { > 'DAYOFYEAR(\'2002-01-14 11:08:40\')' => '14' > } > ]; > >as expected. > >Something is wrong with your perl code. > >Regards, >Dan > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Curtis Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, 14 January 2002 4:24 p.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: DAYOFYEAR() > > > > > > Hi! I'm storing a date in this format : > > > > 2002-01-13 11:08:40 > > yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss > > > > This is great because it gives me the date and the time, which I need. > > I want to compare this date from the database to the current DAYOFYEAR() > > > > but when I do this > > select DAYOFYEAR('2002-01-13 11:08:40') > > > > I get this > > Error - Perl execution failed > > > > Modification of non-creatable array value attempted, subscript -1 at > > ./mysql-lib.pl line 187, line 2. > > > > > > > > It works great when I do select DAYOFYEAR(NOW()) though, I'm totally > > confused, is this a known bug or is there a work around that > > anybody knows > > of that you can let me in on? > > > > Ulitmately I want to compare todays DAYOFYEAR to the DAYOFYEAR > > from fields > > in the database to establish entries that were created "today". > > > > I'm looking at what I have written here and I think I have > > confused myself, > > if this is not clear, please feel free to flame me. > > > > I'm looking forward to any light that can be shed on this problem. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php