Re: perl - MySQL - date manipulation

Hi,

You can use either:

select current_date() + interval 30 day as future_day;

and the column name will be "future_day", or you can use:

select current_date() + interval 30 day;

and fetch from the database using an array or arrayref and not a hashref, like:

my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select current_date() + interval 30 day");
$sth->execute;
my ($future_date) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

$sth->fetchrow_array returns an array and $sth->fetchrow_arrayref returns an 
array ref.

Octavian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lamar Upshaw" <lupshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: perl - MySQL - date manipulation


> Thanks for this. I think what's confusing me, is how to use perl to 
> accomplish this. It seems perl depends on a table collumn name for the hash, 
> but when working with the date, with MySQL, it doesn't return a collumn name 
> for the hash. I hope I'm explaining this well. lol :)
> 
> With All Respect,
> Upshaw, Lamar T
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:46 AM
> Subject: Re: perl - MySQL - date manipulation
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If you need to use a database, it is easier to use the database for 
> calculations.
> 
> You can use:
> 
> current_date() + interval 30 day
> or
> current_date - interval 30 day
> or
> '2008-10-15' + interval 30 day;
> or
> current_date() + interval 1 month;
> 
> There are many date calculations you can use in MySQL which you can find 
> more about in the MySQL manual.
> 
> Octavian
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lamar Upshaw" <lupshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:29 PM
> Subject: perl - MySQL - date manipulation
> 
> 
>> I'm working with perl and MySQL for CGI scripting, and I need to be able 
>> to
>> calculate dates. How do I have MySQL calculate 30 days from now, and 
>> return
>> it to perl? Or, would it be easier to calculate 30 days from now in perl
>> instead? I understand how to get the present date and time in perl, but I
>> can't figure out how to calculate other dates. Truthfully, I'd rather do
>> this in MySQL and have it return to perl, because the calculated date will
>> be saved in a database table whether I calculate it using perl, or MySQL
>> anyway.
>>
>> With All Respect,
>> Upshaw, Lamar T
>>
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