Isn't there a MONTH function in PG? SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE MONTH(NOW()) = MONTH(your_column) ??
Or if PG stores dates in the Unix timestamp format, is the an equivalent to date() that you can extract the month from the column and compare them?? ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Dubuc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Sorting db entries by Year-Month > > Apache 1.3.23 + PHP 4.1.2 + PostgreSQl 7.2 > > I have a guestbook that I would like to display the current month's > entries. > I can display all the entries before the current month, but i can't seem > to > figure out how to extract the currrent month's. > > Although the code below is a db issue, I don't know whether I should write > code to extract the info before or after the db connection. Should I: > > 1. Set up the parameters beforehand in PHP, and then do a query; > 2. Within the query itself (as the code I tried [and didn't work] > below); > 3. Or, somehow in PHP, after I get all the results [obviously > without the > db WHERE clause]. > > <?php > // lots of code > > $db = pg_connect("dbname=rap user=postgres"); > $query = "SELECT * FROM guest WHERE pdate = "{$_SESSION['pdate'] == > date('Y-m')"; // pdate is formatted ('Y-m-d') > > // etc, etc. . . > ?> > > I know this is a simple question -- but my mind's totally blotto after a > day's coding. > > Any help, pointers of where to look, or admonitions will be gratefully > accepted. > > Tia, > Andre > > > > -- > 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
