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Asked: 2026-06-17T12:14:58+00:00

I get an syntax error with the following SQL PDO Statement, can you tell

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I get an syntax error with the following SQL PDO Statement, can you tell me where the mistake is?
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SELECT * 
FROM events 
WHERE 
    (start_date BETWEEN '2013-01-14' AND '2013-01-20') 
    OR (start_date NOT < '2013-01-14' and end_date > '2013-01-20')
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t put NOT in the middle of an expression, it goes before the expression:

    NOT start_date < '2013-01-14'

    Or use the complement to the < operator, which is >=:

    start_date >= '2013-01-14'

    (The exception in the usage of NOT is with the IS NULL operator, where both NOT x IS NULL and x IS NOT NULL works.)

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