DELETE FROM news WHERE newsdate=DATE_ADD(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL -14 DAY)
Above is the code that I would use to do that job. Hope this helps.
-Angela
Thomas Katsampes wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to figure out the correct syntax for requesting
> the database to
> remove all records older than 14 days. The mysql query that
> I am using (from within
> php4) is:
>
> //---update news so only last two weeks of news are
> available---//
> $sql2 = "delete from news where newsdate <
> DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 14 DAY)";
> $result2 = mysql_db_query($dbname,$sql);
>
> But it doesn't seem to be working. Here is the the
> definition of the "news" table:
>
> mysql> describe news;
> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default |
> Extra |
> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | id | int(3) | | PRI | 0 |
> auto_increment |
> | hub | char(3) | YES | | NULL
> | |
> | newsdate | date | YES | | NULL
> | |
> | headline | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL
> | |
> | article | longtext | YES | | NULL
> | |
> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> 5 rows in set (0.05 sec)
>
> Basically this is for a news page, and items get pushed down
> the "list" (what the viewer sees) and then eventually are
> supposed to be deleted.
>
> Any suggestions on how to do this more efficiently would be
> welcome as well.
>
> Please email me directly (hit reply to the message).
>
> Thanks-
> Thomas
>
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