Question

Can any one help me get the total # of records from a database table, using year?

I have a table – in that I saved the exam date in a date field. I need to get the total # of records from that table using the year only.

I am using mysql.

This is my table

|  e_id       | int(11)     | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| exam_name   | varchar(50) | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
| exam_date   | date        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |

I need to to get the total no of exam held in a particular year only

Answer 1

I think this is what you want? Your question is a little vague though.
SELECT COUNT(*) as 'total' FROM table WHERE DATE_FORMAT(date_field,'%Y') = '2011'

table is the name of your table, date_field is the field in your table where the date is stored, and then you can just replace 2011 with whatever year you are trying to search for.