john... that appears to be it!! although i would have assumes it would have done a most significant bit fill with 0's...
so my question also comes down to .. do i use the php date functions for date/time manipulation.. or do i use the mysql functions.... any thoughts/suggestions... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:19 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql/php date functions.. bruce wrote: > thanks... > > but that's not it john... i'm not worried about creating the sql_statement > in the php... > > i'm concerned that i can't seem to craft/create a basic sql cmd within mysql > to get a value (other than NOW()) to work... > > if i do (from mysql) > -->> insert into foo (id, time) values (2, 333333), it doesn't work... > if i > -->> insert into foo (id, time) values (2, NOW()), it works!!... > > my question is why??? Without knowing the structure of your table, my guess is that the column time is expecting a valid timestamp, and 333333 is not a valid MySQL timestamp. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
