Question

I am building a banner rotation system, and in my sql table i have a datetime field to store when the banner will join the print queue, and a field to store when it leaves. I need a query to show all of them that are in the queue when I load the page.

I tried this with no success:

SELECT * 
FROM banners 
WHERE banner_start_date <= NOW() 
    AND banner_end_date >= NOW()

I’m using this with PHP.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

try

SELECT * FROM banners 
WHERE now() between banner_start_date AND banner_end_date