Re: [PHP] Need some help with this idea!
you bring up something I've been wondering about, can I fetch just a single row to output? chris - Original Message - From: Remo Pini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Need some help with this idea! > select * from whatnot order by timestampcolumn desc limit 1 > > if the "limit 1" doesn't work with your db, just fetch the first result > only... > > greets, > remo > > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Cocuzzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:28 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Need some help with this idea! > > > > > > hey- > > > > I want to select the oldest show from a database to display on my > > main page, > > since the oldest show is also the show happening closest to any current > > time(if that makes sense...). I included a timestamp field in my table of > > shows in anticipation of checking that to find out what was the oldest. > > however, I'm wondering how I should go about doing that exactly. > > my idea was > > the scan through just that column of timestamps, find the lowest one, and > > then make a selection from the db based on the timestamp. Can any give me > > some examples of code to scan through a column like i mentioned, > > or give me > > better ideas on how to do this?? > > > > thanks > > chris > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Need some help with this idea!
select * from whatnot order by timestampcolumn desc limit 1 if the "limit 1" doesn't work with your db, just fetch the first result only... greets, remo > -Original Message- > From: Chris Cocuzzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Need some help with this idea! > > > hey- > > I want to select the oldest show from a database to display on my > main page, > since the oldest show is also the show happening closest to any current > time(if that makes sense...). I included a timestamp field in my table of > shows in anticipation of checking that to find out what was the oldest. > however, I'm wondering how I should go about doing that exactly. > my idea was > the scan through just that column of timestamps, find the lowest one, and > then make a selection from the db based on the timestamp. Can any give me > some examples of code to scan through a column like i mentioned, > or give me > better ideas on how to do this?? > > thanks > chris > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Need some help with this idea!
On 24-Jul-2001 Chris Cocuzzo wrote: > hey- > > I want to select the oldest show from a database to display on my main page, > since the oldest show is also the show happening closest to any current > time(if that makes sense...). I included a timestamp field in my table of > shows in anticipation of checking that to find out what was the oldest. > however, I'm wondering how I should go about doing that exactly. my idea was > the scan through just that column of timestamps, find the lowest one, and > then make a selection from the db based on the timestamp. Can any give me > some examples of code to scan through a column like i mentioned, or give me > better ideas on how to do this?? > > thanks > chris > 'Old'-est - order by your_timestamp asc 'New'-est - order by your_timestamp desc ... limit x; Regards, -- Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Need some help with this idea!
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:57, Chris Cocuzzo wrote: > hey- > > I want to select the oldest show from a database to display on my main > page, since the oldest show is also the show happening closest to any > current time(if that makes sense...). I included a timestamp field in > my table of shows in anticipation of checking that to find out what was > the oldest. however, I'm wondering how I should go about doing that > exactly. my idea was the scan through just that column of timestamps, > find the lowest one, and then make a selection from the db based on the > timestamp. Can any give me some examples of code to scan through a > column like i mentioned, or give me better ideas on how to do this?? > > thanks > chris I'm not exactly sure what you want here, but it seems like you could do a select where timestamp (<= or >= ) NOW() and then ORDER the result ASC or DESC according to your needs. Frinstance, to get the first show on or after today you could select where timestamp is greater than or equal to NOW(), ORDER by timestamp and LIMIT 1 to get the earliest in the future. Which might be today! You can do some fancy formatting of the timestamp in Mysql, if that helps. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Only cosmetologists give make-up exams. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Need some help with this idea!
hey- I want to select the oldest show from a database to display on my main page, since the oldest show is also the show happening closest to any current time(if that makes sense...). I included a timestamp field in my table of shows in anticipation of checking that to find out what was the oldest. however, I'm wondering how I should go about doing that exactly. my idea was the scan through just that column of timestamps, find the lowest one, and then make a selection from the db based on the timestamp. Can any give me some examples of code to scan through a column like i mentioned, or give me better ideas on how to do this?? thanks chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
