Isn't it possible to make the collumn an INT.. ??? Or even better, a Date/Time.. ? What you can try thought (but I don'tthink that this will work) is to multiply the column(s) which contains the varchar with 1 when you do the query......
If it should be an varchar.. (can't think of a reason) you can maybe keep a second column with the INT version..? Bye David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 04:00 Subject: Is converting string to integer possible? > Hi > > I have 2 text columns VARCHAR 50 and I put a date in them in format > > yyyymmddhhmmss > > All working well, but I need to compare this field with the curent date and it > doesn't work, as both fields are string. > > 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). > > Yours > > Jerry > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
