Matthew, Depending on what database, you should have a TO_DATE() or DATE() function that you can cast your dd/mm/yyyy to a date field in the select statement. select to_date(yyyy, mm, dd) mydate from dual where mydate >= '11/05/2005' and mydate <= '11/04/2005' Look in the help files or the manual for the correct syntax/function for the database your using. HTH -----Original Message----- From: mwestern@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mwestern@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 11 May 2005 07:17 To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: SQL Date guru in the house? Hi All, I have a small problem. I have a project in which someone has got three integer fields for holding the date. DD, MM, YYYY in an sql database. I now have to have a page that inputs two dates and select records between those two dates. If I had a date field in the table it would be fairly simple, but I'm hoping to do this search/comparison without having to rewrite the pages/database that has already been designed. Start Date: 11/05/2005 End Date: 11/04/2005 SELECT * FROM blah WHERE mm BETWEEN 04 AND 05 AND dd BETWEEN 11 AND 11 AND yyyy BETWEEN 2005 AND 2005 Doesn't work for obvious reasons. Is there any way that I can do this date comparison I the SQL statement without having a decent date field? My apologies as this is australian date format and this list is in the US I think? Regards Matthew ************************ This message has been delivered to the Internet by the Revenue Internet e-mail service ************************* -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
