A timestamp is just a scalar. Perl could care less about field types, because everything is ultimatly just a scalar or a list to perl.
there may be module on cpan.org that handles intricacies of mySQL timestamps... #perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan>i mySQL or cpan>i timestamp etc Jim -----Original Message----- From: Vidiot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:15 PM To: MySQL mail list Subject: Re: Getting timestamp to work with Perl CGI Digging further into the scripts supplied to me by a third person, it looks like the CGI Perl interface could care less about field types. So, ignore the following. MB >How does one get the MySQL timestamp type to work with the Perl CGI interface >script? > >I've been trying a couple of things, but all I get back is zeros for the >value of the field. > >Does the CGI interface even support timestamp? -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ The ASCII \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ / \ HTML Email --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
