On Sep 20, 2007, at 3:17 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote:
> In Fox syntax, examples of I am trying to do are:
>
> 1:
> SELECT (fields)
> FROM (table)
> WHERE YEAR(<datetimefield>) = YEAR(DATE())
>
> IOW, where the dates in<datetimefield> are *this* year.
It's almost identical in MySQL:
WHERE YEAR(<field>) = YEAR(NOW())
> 2:
> SELECT (fields)
> FROM (table)
> WHERE <datetimefield> >= gomonth(DATETIME(),-6)
>
> IOW, where the dates in <datetimefield> are more recent than 6 months
> ago.
SELECT DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 6 MONTH)
... will give you the date 6 months ago. DATE_ADD will give you 6
months in the future.
Date/time functions are documented at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/
fl5wn )
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