For MySQL you're still going to need NOW() instead of CURRENT_DATE though surely? John
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 15:57, John W. Holmes wrote: > From: "Brian Dunning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PHP] How to search for a date > > A date? Well, you could try Friendster or orkut to find date, or... oh > wait... > > > Sorry this is such a basic question - but I couldn't find it online. > > > > I have a date field in MySQL: 0000-00-00. I'm trying to insert or > > search for the current date, and I can't find the way to state that in > > the SQL. This is wrong, can someone please tell me what's correct? > > > > INSERT INTO mytable (dateField) VALUE (CURRENT_DATE); > > > > SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE dateField = CURRENT_DATE; > > Sucks how missing one letter will jack things up. > > INSERT INTO mytable (dateField) VALUES (CURRENT_DATE); > > Missing the S in values. That'll cause you first query to fail which will > cause your second query to fail since there's no matching row. :) > > ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
