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 returnit 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 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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