Question

I am having an issue with a simple insert query into a table.

I have this PHP Code

$T_MEMBER = "INSERT INTO T_MEMBER (MEMBER_IDENTIFIER,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,BIRTH_DATE) VALUES ('$memberID','$last','$first','$birthdate')";
mysql_query($T_MEMBER) or die(mysql_error());    

Here are a few examples of what the query looks like if i echo it:

INSERT INTO T_MEMBER
(MEMBER_IDENTIFIER,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,BIRTH_DATE)
VALUES
(‘2007′,’Hayes’,’Karin’,’1958-30-10′)
INSERT INTO T_MEMBER
(MEMBER_IDENTIFIER,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,BIRTH_DATE)
VALUES
(‘2020′,’Long’,’Peggy’,’1968-29-5′)
INSERT INTO T_MEMBER
(MEMBER_IDENTIFIER,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,BIRTH_DATE)
VALUES
(‘2021′,’Torres’,’Diane’,’1968-30-8′)

BIRTH_DATE is a date type column.

The problem is, after i do any of these queries, the date shows up as 000-00-00!!!! I have been wracking my brain and i cannot seem to find the issue.

Thanks,
Ian

Answer 1

The date needs to be in YYYY-MM-DD format. Yours is in YYYY-DD-M(thanks juliano) format by the way.

So instead of 1958-29-05, use 1968-05-29