Jerry writes:
> Hi > > I have 2 text columns VARCHAR 50 and I put a date in them in format > > yyyymmddhhmmss MySQL does have a DATETIME type, which would probably be better suited to your needs. > Is there a way to force string to be read as interger (same as CINT in > VBScript, but I need to to this in mySQL). Yes, string_expression+0 will be an integer. It's not pretty, but it works. //C -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
