In this question does CREATE_DATE refer to a user defined column or a pre-defined mySQL column? If it is user defined what is a good assumption on what type the column is?
Select all records from table REPORTS that have a CREATE_DATE before
July 9th 2006 in newest – oldest order.
CREATE_DATEis not a pre-defined column name; it would have been defined as part of theCREATE TABLEstatement.Most likely, it is going to be a MySQL
DATETIMEtype, though it could also be the simplerDATEtype. See MySQL date types for more information.The difference between the
DATETIMEandDATEtypes is thatDATETIME(as its name implies) includes a timestamp as well as the date, whileDATEstores only the date part.