Re: Calendar table workaround

[Peter Brawley]

Jonathan, I understand what you mean by a calendar table, but like Rhino I've no idea what you're asking. How to link the calendar table to other tables depends on your other tables. For a fairly simple & generic example of a calendar table see http://www.artfulsoftware.com/queries.php#20. PB ----- Jonathan Mangin wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jonathan Mangin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: Re: Calendar table workaround ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mangin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Calendar table workaround I created a calendar table (date only), but all where clauses include a uid. Is the following a sane workaround to get a usable calendar table? Anything else I can do? my $sth = $dbh->prepare(" create table $temp_tbl (date date, uid varchar(14)) select date, ? as uid from calendar where date between ? and ?"); $sth->execute($uid, $bdate, $edate); I have no idea what you are asking, which may explain why no one has replied to your question yet. I've been working with relational databases for 20 years and I've never heard the term "calendar table". What are you trying to accomplish? If you describe clearly what you are trying to do, perhaps someone can help you devise a way to do it in MySQL. Rhino A table of dates to which to join other tables, ensuring reports that reflect days for which no data is available.

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