MySQL Statement

Hello,

I have 2 date fields in a sql table i.e: StartDate and EndDate. I get 2 dates from user those are also StartDate and EndDate. Now i have to make 3-4 queries so that i can check if the user specified dates are not in collision with dates in DB.

1. If StartDate = StartDate (i have got this)
2. If EndDate = EndDate (i have got this)

3. If StartDate is in between the date range of db's StartDate or EndDate
Means if there is date like: 1-1-2005 and 5-1-2005 in db. And if user StartDate is 4-1-2005 then it should tell me that it exists.

4. Same as 3 for End Date if EndDate is between the DB's date range then i should get message saying it exists.

For now i think only want these 2 which i am unable to find how will i do it. If there is some php function in whcih i can check if the StartDate is in between 2 specified dates or equal to them then it will save me one hell of a time.

Please help too urgnt.

Thanks

Hi,

I cooked up a bit of code but i think i am not gettig anywhere:

PHP Code:

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$q1 = "SELECT * FROM reservations WHERE '$startd' >= sdate AND '$startd' =< fdate";
$r1 = mysql_query($q1) or die(mysql_error());
$rows = mysql_num_rows($r1); 


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Please help.

Have a look at this thread : http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=333108 :)

Hi,

I got it working by the following code:

PHP Code:

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$q1 = "SELECT * FROM reservations WHERE
        UNIX_TIMESTAMP('$startd') >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(sdate) AND
        UNIX_TIMESTAMP('$startd') <= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(fdate)"; 


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Thanks anyways.