Hi,
I think you can try to use TO_DAYS() function;
eg:
select TO_DAYS('2002-12-28')-TO_DAYS(NOW());
Regards,
Gelu
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From: "Patrascu Eugeniu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: birthday calculation problem
> Hi,
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> I have a problem calculating birthdays in sql. Here goes my setup:
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> I have a database that contains the bithdays of a number of people, and
> I want to know when there birthday is to congratulate them.
> The thing is that I want to now that a day before their birthday.
> Therefore I need a way to do that, and I do not know how to do it, so I
> am asking on this list, maybe there is someone that can tell me how.
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> Regards,
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> Patrascu Eugeniu
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