Question

can anyone tell me how to select data by date in MS.ACCESS database using PHP?
I’m trying to select data for example (absent = 14/06/2012 13:00:00) using a wildcard (absent = 14/06/2012*)

Here are my query

$sql = "SELECT TOP 1 * FROM absent WHERE id = $id AND absent LIKE '#14/06/2012#'"
$result = odbc_exec($connect, $sql);

absent field have a Date (General Date) Type. while id = AutoNumber.

I got no result, using that query. Where is my mistake?

already trying this

absent = #14/06/2012#
absent = '14/06/2012*'

but not success.

EDIT
Well, i have succedd but not using a wild card. Here are my solution, I’m using a range date to limit the search

WHERE absent >= #14/06/2012 AND absent < #15/06/2012#;

Damn you Ms-Access!

Answer 1

I can’t try my answers, since I don’t have php available, but here are a few ideas
(assuming that Absent is a Date field).

• LIKE makes a string comparison, so I would not include the # when using LIKE.
• for the same reason you definitely should include the quotes ' or " otherwise you will get a division
• This is all US products, so I would try dates in mm/dd/yyyy format

There fore my guess would be absent LIKE '06/04/2012*'

Other – perhaps less efficient, but safer – criteria could be:

...AND day(absent) = 14 AND month(absent) = 6 AND year(absent) = 2012

or

... AND Format(Absent, "dd\/mm\/yyyy") = "14/06/2012"

Good luck