Trevor,
Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 3:29:43 AM, you wrote:
TF> Running MYSQL 3.23 can the date yyyymmdd be reversed when using Access or VB
TF> frontend so that users can enter it as they are used to eg. ddmmyyyy.
MySQL stores data in yyyymmdd format, but you can use DATE_FORMAT()
function to display data in different format:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/a/Date_and_time_functions.html
TF> Also I
TF> tried creating a new field for date using DATE(8) BUT the sql statement came
TF> back with an error. I tried changing the format of the date field to 8
TF> characters but the change did not work I still get yyyymmddhhmmss. Any
TF> ideas?
It's not a recognized format for DATE column type, look at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/a/Date_and_time_types.html
TF> regards
TF> Trevor
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