Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-20 Thread Bing Du
> I don't know if MS Access will behave the same, but in MySQL you can > have a query like so: > > SELECT *, DATE_FORMAT(end_date, '%d %m %Y') as end_date_formatted FROM > projects; > > And it will retrieve all columns from your projects table, plus the > extra one you've created on the fly, and it

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-20 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, April 19, 2006 9:38 am, Bing Du wrote: >> Do the search as Richard suggested. >> >> MS Access might have a similar function you can use, but you'll need >> to do some searching yourself to find the answer. >> > Sure. I always appreciate various opinions. I've checked with an > Access > ex

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-20 Thread John Wells
I don't know if MS Access will behave the same, but in MySQL you can have a query like so: SELECT *, DATE_FORMAT(end_date, '%d %m %Y') as end_date_formatted FROM projects; And it will retrieve all columns from your projects table, plus the extra one you've created on the fly, and it will be named

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-19 Thread Bing Du
> Do the search as Richard suggested. > > MS Access might have a similar function you can use, but you'll need > to do some searching yourself to find the answer. > Sure. I always appreciate various opinions. I've checked with an Access expert. It can be done for Access like Format([DateFieldNam

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-15 Thread chris smith
On 4/14/06, Bing Du <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While all the data-munging in PHP is very interesting... > > > > Might I suggest that you just use MySQL's date_format() function to > > ask MySQL to give you the data you want in the first place? > > > > Some purists would claim that the database

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-14 Thread Bing Du
> While all the data-munging in PHP is very interesting... > > Might I suggest that you just use MySQL's date_format() function to > ask MySQL to give you the data you want in the first place? > > Some purists would claim that the database is not the place to put > presentation logic, of course. >

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, April 13, 2006 9:30 am, Bing Du wrote: > $qry = odbtp_query("SELECT end_date,title,projectID FROM projects > ORDER > BY end_date DESC"); While all the data-munging in PHP is very interesting... Might I suggest that you just use MySQL's date_format() function to ask MySQL to give you the

RE: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Bing Du
> I expect there's actually several ways, although I'm thinking it's likely > that none of them is blindingly obvious. Personally, I think I'd be > inclined to do it like this: > >$mth = 9; >echo date('F', mktime(12,0,0, $mth)); > Interesting. Thanks a bunch for the tip, Mike. Appreciat

RE: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Ford, Mike
On 13 April 2006 17:08, Bing Du wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Bing Du wrote: > > > Excellent! Yes, it now does give me a clue to see what's > > > actually in the object. print_r($rec[0]) shows: > > > > > > stdClass Object ( [year] => 2005 [month] => 8 [day] => 31 [hour] > > > => 0 [minute] => 0 [seco

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Bing Du
> Hi! > > Bing Du wrote: >> Excellent! Yes, it now does give me a clue to see what's actually in >> the >> object. print_r($rec[0]) shows: >> >> stdClass Object ( [year] => 2005 [month] => 8 [day] => 31 [hour] => 0 >> [minute] => 0 [second] => 0 [fraction] => 0 ) >> >> I've never dealt with objec

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Bing Du
> I hate list. each to his own :-) > > try this (untested): > > list($year,$month,$day,$hour,$minute,$second,$fraction) = > array_values(get_object_vars($rec[0])); > Magic! That works. In this case, I'd like to use list because I can use the vars directly (e.g. $year) rather than $arr['year'].

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Andreas Korthaus
Hi! Bing Du wrote: Excellent! Yes, it now does give me a clue to see what's actually in the object. print_r($rec[0]) shows: stdClass Object ( [year] => 2005 [month] => 8 [day] => 31 [hour] => 0 [minute] => 0 [second] => 0 [fraction] => 0 ) I've never dealt with object in PHP. Something new

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Jochem Maas
Bing Du wrote: apparently $rec[0] is a php object - try the following lines to find out what's inside: echo ''; print_r($rec[0]); echo ''; that will probably give you a clue as to how to extract some useful info from the object. Excellent! Yes, it now does give me a clue to see what's actua

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Bing Du
> apparently $rec[0] is a php object - try the following lines to > find out what's inside: > > echo ''; > print_r($rec[0]); > echo ''; > > that will probably give you a clue as to how to extract some > useful info from the object. Excellent! Yes, it now does give me a clue to see what's actually

Re: [PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Jochem Maas
Bing Du wrote: Hello, We have a website which pulls data from its MS Access backend database and publishes the data using Cold Fusion. The Cold Fusion code has '#DateFormat(end_date, "Mmmm d, ")#'. 'end_date' is a table column of type DATETIME in the Access DB. Now, we need to use PHP ins

[PHP] how should MS Access DATETIME be handled in PHP?

2006-04-13 Thread Bing Du
Hello, We have a website which pulls data from its MS Access backend database and publishes the data using Cold Fusion. The Cold Fusion code has '#DateFormat(end_date, "Mmmm d, ")#'. 'end_date' is a table column of type DATETIME in the Access DB. Now, we need to use PHP instead of Cold Fusi