On 13-Aug-2001 hassan el forkani wrote:
> hello;
> can someone please help me with this query:
>
> "delete from TABLE_NAME where TIMESTAMP_COLUMN(date, interval 3 day) <
> now()"
>
> what i'm tryng to do is to delete all records that are 3 (or more) days old
> i've looked around in the manual but couldn't find a "working answer", date
> functions are only explained for select queries...
>
>
> mysql version :3.23.33
> server error : syntax error near'(date, interval 3 day)...
>
DELETE FROM da_table WHERE da_date < DATE_SUB(current_date, INTERVAL 3 DAY);
Regards,
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(53kr33t w0rdz: sql table query)
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