Hi, My opinion: You can create char field type on table (i.e. char(10)) and when you wish to do some date comparison you can use the next mySQL functions:LEFT,MID,RIGHT,TRIM (is not only in VB) I.E: mydate->field in a_table:char(10); date on this field: '10.01.2001','30.01.2000',...etc.
select * from a_table where RIGHT(mydate,4)<'2002'; select * from a_table where MID(mydate,4,2)>'01'; ...etc Good luck, Gelu ____________________________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY ----- Original Message ----- From: razvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: date format > Hi, please help me with this one! > I now the date_format function, it converts the standard format sql > (yyyy-mm-dd) > to any format, but my problem is that i want to convert from another format > (eg. dd/mm/yyyy) to the standard format, in this way i can use insert with > my format. > Can I use another format for date when creating a table? > thanks! > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
