Question

Hi I am trying to get the following sql to work in mysql but it always return an empty result set – however there are definitely entries that match the criteria.
I’m new to mySQl so would appreciate if someone could point out where I am going wrong.

SELECT * FROM  `ch_results` 
WHERE  'readingDateTime' =  '2011-03-29 20:00:00'

Answer 1

Remove the quotes around the field name:

SELECT  *
FROM    `ch_results` 
WHERE   readingDateTime =  '2011-03-29 20:00:00'

Your current query compares string 'readingDateTime' to another string, '2011-03-29 20:00:00', which comparison of course never holds true.