>>>> 2012/07/24 08:46 -0700, Hassan Schroeder >>>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:58 AM, <h...@tbbs.net> wrote:
> I thought I would try YEAR to record it--but, in spite of > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/year.html , simply assigning NOW() to > such a type does not work. Not sure I understand the issue: mysql> create table babble (sometime year(4)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.13 sec) mysql> show create table babble; +--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table | Create Table | +--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | babble | CREATE TABLE `babble` ( `sometime` year(4) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | +--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into babble values ( NOW() ); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.01 sec) mysql> select * from babble; +----------+ | sometime | +----------+ | 2012 | +----------+ ?? <<<<<<<< Well, let me show this: version(): 5.5.8-log @@sql_mode: REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE,ANSI,NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_DATE,ALLOW_INVALID_DATES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION What is yours? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
