Ben Stallings wrote:
> Dave Brockman wrote,
>
>
>>I installed SelectQuery and it works fine. Thank you very much! But, I
>>was wondering if there is a way to use page variables in the query? I'm
>>just starting with MySQL and know very little about it. I didn't make
>>the database I am accessing. Here's what I would like to do:
>>
>>(:selectquery columns="first_name,last_name,YEAR(death_date)"
>>tables=actor where="MONTH(death_date) = $CurrentMonth AND
>>DAYOFMONTH(death_date) = $CurrentDay":)
>>
>>This works fine if $CurrentMonth and $CurrentDay are replaced with
>>numbers. I added those page variables to config.php per the
>>MoreCustomPageVariables recipe. They work in {normal} usage.
>>
>>Is there a way to make this work? Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Hi, Dave! I'm glad SelectQuery is working for you!
>
> I'm afraid you've made it more complicated than it needs to be --
> MySQL's date functions default to the current time when given no value,
> so as long as you only want to run this query for the *current* month
> and date, you'll be better off writing the query like this:
>
> (:selectquery columns="first_name,last_name,YEAR(death_date)"
> tables=actor where="MONTH(death_date) = MONTH() AND
> DAYOFMONTH(death_date) = DAYOFMONTH()":)
>
> If you want to use values *other* than the current month and date, you
> need to put the page variables' names in {braces}, like so:
>
> (:selectquery columns="first_name,last_name,YEAR(death_date)"
> tables=actor where="MONTH(death_date) = {$TargetMonth} AND
> DAYOFMONTH(death_date) = {$TargetDay}":)
>
> I hope this helps!
> Ben Stallings
> Interdependent Web
Hi Ben!
Thanks for your help and for SelectQuery! Slowly I learn. It's working
now with the page variables. Thanks to SelectQuery I will finally be
able to put my friend's database on my site. The SELECT command looks
kind of like a Pandora's box tho.
MONTH() and DAYOFMONTH() don't work for me. Could it be the version of
MySQL that I have? I know nothing, of course.
Dave
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