Question

I have a script that automatically populates a mysql database with data every hour. It populates the date field like 03/17/10.12:34:11 and so on.

I’m working on pulling data based on 1 day at a time from a search script.

If i use

SELECT * 
  FROM call_logs 
 WHERE call_initiated between '03/17/10.12:00:00' and '03/17/10.13:00:00'

it works, but when I try to add the rest of the search params, it ignores the call_initiated field.

SELECT * 
  FROM call_logs 
 WHERE  caller_dn = '2x9xxx0000' OR called_dn = '2x9xxx0000' 
   AND call_initiated between '03/17/10.12:00:00' and '03/17/10.13:00:00'

^– I x’d out a couple of the numbers. I’ve also tried without the between function, and used >= <= to pull the records, but have the same results. Im sure its an oversight, thanks in advance.

Answer 1

• try using parentheses around your OR statement
  … where (caller_dn=’2x9xxx0000′ OR called_dn=’2x9xxx0000′) AND call_initiated between ’03/17/10.12:00:00′ and ’03/17/10.13:00:00′

• use the IN operator instead of OR
  … where caller_dn IN(‘2x9xxx0000′,’2y9yyyy000′) AND call_initiated between ’03/17/10.12:00:00′ and ’03/17/10.13:00:00’