I have a php page which allows a user to sort pieces of information by several factors. A new requirement is to sort by "all items which have been registered in the last 15 days". I store my dates in the MYSQL table as mm/dd/yyyy.
The information is passed and picked up on the same page using the $_GET variable but I am unable for some reason to get the code to work. I have looked on numerous website but am unable to find a solution that works.
Ultimately, the script would work as follows:
select all persons who's KDATE is within 15 days of today's date (e.g., if today is 8/19/2010, everybody who registred from 8/04/2010 and on would appear).
My script so far (which does not work) is:
if (isset($_GET['date'])) {
$query = "SELECT *
FROM persons
WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 15 DAY) <= KDATE
ORDER BY KDATE ASC";
}
Update 1:
KDATE IS TEXT - i apologize but the KDATE is stored as TEXT
Update 2:
The answer provided by Colin solved my issue. I will look into trying to convert the data into datetime format but am hoping the group can provide realistic benefits of doing so.
Thank you all again
First of all, it's a really bad idea to use VARCHAR instead of DATE if you want a collumn with dates only.
If you want to use a string as a date, you'll need to convert it with STR_TO_DATE() and you might wan't to use those instructions to correctly format your date.
This should do it:
SELECT *
FROM persons
WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 15 DAY) <= STR_TO_DATE(KDATE, "%c/%d/%Y")
ORDER BY STR_TO_DATE(KDATE, "%c/%d/%Y") ASC
Because kdate is VARCHAR, you need to use STR_TO_DATE to change it to a DATETIME.
You need to fix kdate data that does not fit that pattern (mm/dd/yyyy) before running this:
SELECT *
FROM persons
WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 15 DAY) <= STR_TO_DATE(KDATE, 'm/%d/%Y')
ORDER BY STR_TO_DATE(KDATE, 'm/%d/%Y') ASC
This means that an index on kdate is useless, because of having to change the data type.
Once it's a DATETIME, you can use DATE_FORMAT to change the format as you like.
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I'm trying to do a SELECT * FROM but only items that are less than 30 days old. Here is my select code:
SELECT * FROM `{$table_name33}` WHERE `type`='wpst-requiredinfo' ORDER BY `foreignkey` ASC;
However, my problem is that I can't figure out how to add WHERE AND last_updated is less than 30 days.
I'm not exactly sure how to write the query, but the date is showing up like this: 1428412603 in the table column, it doesn't look much like a date to me. I don't know where to start.
Try this where clause:
WHERE `type`='wpst-requiredinfo' and
last_updated >= date_sub(now(), interval 30 day)
EDIT:
Your date seems to be in Unix time format.
WHERE `type`='wpst-requiredinfo' and
last_updated >= unixtime_timestamp() - 30*24*60*60
Note: this puts all the functions on the current time. In particular, it does not use FROM_UNIXTIME(last_updated). This ensures that an index can be used for this part of the query. The best index would be on (type, last_updated).
I am using HTML input type="date" to allow users to input appointment dates.
Now I want to query the database and show all appointments that are "today" and in the future.
Not dates that have already passed.
Here is my SQL Script
$today = date('d-m-Y');
$sql = "SELECT *
FROM `client1`
WHERE `client` = '$customer'
AND DATEDIFF('$today', `date`) >= 0
ORDER BY `id` DESC";
Can someone guide me as to how I can achieve this?
I have seen several directions online but I want to have the sorting done at the moment of query.
I have solved the issue!
My date() format was incorrect because HTML input type="date" inserts YYYY-MM-DD into the database =/
$today = date('d-m-Y');
should be
$today = date('Y-m-d');
My operator >= should have been <= to show today and future dates.
Thanks everyone for the help. I should have tried fixing it for 5 more minutes before posting.
Why are you using PHP to compare dates in the database? I assume its a date field so you can use MySQL to do it for you:
SELECT *
FROM `client1`
WHERE `client` = '$customer'
AND DATEDIFF(date_format(now(), '%Y/%m/%d'), `date`) >= 0
ORDER BY `id` DESC
None of the responses have specified sargable predicates. If you perform an operation on a column in the where clause, there is no discernible stopping point.
where ... some_function( some_field ) = some_constant_value ...
Even if some_field is indexed, a complete table scan must be performed because there is no way to know if the output of the operation is also ordered.
From my understanding the date column is in a sortable form -- either a date field or a string in lexically sortable format 'yyyy-mm-dd'. That being the case, don't do any operation on it.
where ... some_field >= now() ...
Thus the system can use the result of now() as a target value to find exactly where in the index to start looking. It knows it can ignore all the rows with indexed values "down" from the target value. It has to look only at rows with indexed values at or "up" from the target value. That is, it performs an index seek to the correct starting point and proceeds from there. This could mean totally bypassing many, many rows.
Or, to put it bluntly, ditch the datediff and do a direct comparison.
I would like to select the next event from my table. the date of the event is stored as a VARCHAR in the format Y-m-d in a column called date.
But i am unsure how to compare VARCHARS/strings in sql. I tried the following but it gives me an event in the past.
$d = date("Y-m-d");
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM events WHERE date>$d ORDER BY date ASC LIMIT 1,1");
You haven't quoted your date string, so your query will be literally somethign like
... AND date > 2014-04-11 ORDER ...
Since there's no quotes, MySQL is free to interpret your date as a simple mathematical subtraction, and you end up doing
... AND date > 1999 ORDER ...
Try
... AND date > curdate() ...
instead. There's no point in having PHP generate a date and passing it into mysql, when mysql can generate that date perfectly well on its own.
As well, having PHP generate the date can lead to race conditions. E.g. PHP generates "today 11:59:59pm", but mysql actually executes as "tomorrow 00:00am". Maybe not relevant to you, but in banking "overnight run" code, this could cost someone literally millions of dollars.
SELECT * FROM events WHERE active=1 AND DATEDIFF(date, CURDATE()) >= 0 ORDER BY date ASC LIMIT 1,1;
This will select the next event inclusive of today's events. IF you do not want to include today's events, change >= to >
sqlfiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/f205a3/9
I have a database where users enter a date, among other things, with a drop down calendar, the date format is in this format 21-NOV-2012 .
Is there a way to search the database with a date range ?
I currently search date using the following ::
sql ="SELECT * FROM ircb WHERE date LIKE '%$term1%' AND date LIKE '%$term2%' LIMIT $start_from, 15";
term1 is month and term 2 is year , this does not allow for date range within the month only for the month.
any help appreciated, thanks
I know this doesn't really solve your problem but I guess it's a testing (and you have access to the database) and will risk myself of getting flamed by telling you a better approach, as I will feel guilty if don't tell you what would be the correct way to do it:
You should have a Date type field in your database (I assume mysql) and store the whole date in that field, and mysql can search using that date (normally the standard date format would be YYYY-MM-DD) .
You just need to do:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE date > 'your date';
or ........................... < 'your date';
or .................WHERE date BETWEEN 'date1' AND 'date2';
It will allow you to do those kind of operations in a much easier and human-readable way.
Also have a look at the datetime if you are interested, as you can do the same but with the time of that day also included in the same field! :D
Have a good look at the field types, as it's essential to have the database healthy and optimized.
date >= '$term2-$term1-01' AND date < DATE_ADD( '$term2-$term1-01', INTERVAL 1 MONTH)
I think this should work.
sql ="SELECT * FROM ircb WHERE date BETWEEN '$term1' AND '$term2' LIMIT $start_from, 15";
BETWEEN will let you fetch the range date, and you can delete those LIKE.
I have events in my MySQL database wich all have a date. When I perform a SQL query to get all the events in the future, I get an error... Although, the date of the events are in the future. When I change my SQL request to select dates in the past, I get those from the future...
The SQL statement below has worked before, but for some reason it stopped working...
I use this SQL request:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM calendar WHERE date >= CURDATE() order by `date`";
I get an empty array as result...
However if I change the query to this, I get all the events in my database:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM calendar WHERE date <= CURDATE() order by `date`";
This is my database data. In my opinion, all data are in the future...
The format of the date table is a default date-type:
When I ask my server about the time echo date("Y-m-d"); I get todays date as result...
So where do I make a mistake?
You may be checking the wrong date field. Do you have a created date as well as a scheduled date?
I could be crazy from the cold medicine I am on at the moment, but your date table can't possibly be the date of your calendar items, the id filed is only an int(2), that seems kind of small.
maybe something simplier? I notice the column name in your table is date, which also is the name of a function date() that returns the date part of a datetime value. If thats the case
$sql = "SELECT * FROM calendar c WHERE c.`date` <= CURDATE() order by `date`";
would do the trick. Even if not mysql itself, the gui app youre using (seems like phpmyadmin to me) might get confused.
(btw, you forgot the closing tick of date in the order by clause)
getting an empty set is meaning nothing is found matching. I would look at your formatting of your date. The only other thing i was thinking is that it is comparing an unmatched type so just returns an empty set.
use DATEDIFF :
DATEDIFF
WHERE DATEDIFF(date, CURDATE) > 0
Before you make your query, run this one:
SET time_zone = '-2:00'; // or whatever your time zone is.
Don't ask me how or why, but I've truncated my table and re-inserted some data and my query seems to work just fine:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `calendar` WHERE `date` >= CURDATE() order by `date`";
So, despite the fact the problems seems to be solved by truncating my table, I would like to know the answer to the why-question... Anyone can provide me with it?