RE: difference between two times

2002-03-05 Thread Nathan Cowles
oops, good point. thanks. On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Roger Baklund wrote: > * Nathan Cowles > > $query2 = "SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(TIME_TO_SEC('$lastout') - > > TIME_TO_SEC('$firstin'))"; > > $result2 = mysql_db_query($database, $query, $connection) or die > > ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error());

RE: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Roger Baklund
* Nathan Cowles > $query2 = "SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(TIME_TO_SEC('$lastout') - > TIME_TO_SEC('$firstin'))"; > $result2 = mysql_db_query($database, $query, $connection) or die > ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error()); You are assigning the query to $query2, but you execute $query... ;) -- Rog

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Paul DuBois
>The file is attached and is also available at >http://estore.homeip.net/time/pctimesheetnew.php.txt.; What do you mean by >supplying a column alias...how would I do that? Thanks. Instead of writing: SELECT some-long-expression Write: SELECT some-long-expression AS xyz Then the output colum

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Nathan Cowles
The file is available at http://estore.homeip.net/time/pctimesheetnew.php.txt.; How would I supply a column alias? Thanks. Nathan Cowles On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Paul DuBois wrote: > At 13:54 -0800 3/4/02, Nathan Cowles wrote: > >lastout and firstin contain times such as 13:28:01 and 13:27:54. > >

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 13:54 -0800 3/4/02, Nathan Cowles wrote: >lastout and firstin contain times such as 13:28:01 and 13:27:54. > >If I use the query you gave me from within phpMyAdmin, the result I get is >7 seconds, exactly what it should be...but I do not know how to use PHP to >get the correct result, it is giv

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Nathan Cowles
lastout and firstin contain times such as 13:28:01 and 13:27:54. If I use the query you gave me from within phpMyAdmin, the result I get is 7 seconds, exactly what it should be...but I do not know how to use PHP to get the correct result, it is giving me 23. I am accustomed to using mysql_result

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 13:35 -0800 3/4/02, Nathan Cowles wrote: >Paul, > >You're awesome...thank you. One more question pertaining to this... > >I'm accustomed to selecting a variable and using something like this: > >$firstin = mysql_result($result,$row,firstin); > >to set my variable. > >What do I want to do here

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Nathan Cowles
Paul, You're awesome...thank you. One more question pertaining to this... I'm accustomed to selecting a variable and using something like this: $firstin = mysql_result($result,$row,firstin); to set my variable. What do I want to do here to get the right result into my variable? $query2 = "S

Re: difference between two times

2002-03-04 Thread Paul DuBois
>Hello, > >I am trying to get an accurate (nearest 15 minutes would be >fine) difference between two times that I have in my database. They are >both of type time, and are in the format 00:00:00. > >For example, if I want the difference between 09:20:00 and 10:43:00, I >would like it to give me 0