Question

I have gotten the earliest date and latest date via

$query = "SELECT MIN(date_added) FROM books 
            UNION SELECT MIN(date_created) FROM news
            UNION SELECT MIN(date_created) FROM registered_member
            UNION SELECT MIN(date_of_rental) FROM rent
            UNION SELECT MIN(datetime) FROM shopping_cart";

this returns me the earliest and latest.

I was thinking how do i use the data return to put into the range of jquery datepicker?
This is my current code without any options added.

<script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();            });
    </script>

Answer 1

If I understand you properly you might use minDate and maxDate options like:

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker("option", "minDate", YourMinDate);
$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker("option", "maxDate", YourMaxDate);

Also you may use it in constructor:

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({
    minDate: YourMinDate,
    maxDate: YourMaxDate
});