Question

I am loosing it a bit and cant think of this sql correctly

I have

tables:
userid , counter , date and

I need to check how many files has user downloaded in last 24h , starting sql

SELECT SUM(counter) FROM download_log WHERE userid = 258 AND date = DATE(NOW())

but it is returning null , and I downloaded min 40 files ,
date format in date table is

2012-05-05 01:59:55

I also tried , date = NOW()

same thing
what am i missing ?

thank you!

Answer 1

Wouldn’t it be:

SELECT SUM(counter) FROM download_log where userid = 258 and date >= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 24 HOUR);

You have to get all rows within the last 24 hours.