Question

In MySQL 4.0.21-standard, I have a table with a date, saved as a string.

I want to compare this string with a date in my request.

SELECT FE_CLIENT.*
FROM FE_CLIENT
WHERE D_DATFINPUBLI < '2010/06/03'

How can I cast my column date_deb to a date for compare?

Answer 1

Just format your string to proper format before query execution

or, if you want it strictly with mysql,

WHERE D_DATFINPUBLI < replace('2010/06/03','/','-')

EDIT:

D_DATFINPUBLI field must be of date type and have format of 2010-06-03