Question

Is there a way to return true or false via mysql query?

I have a table:

id | start 
4  | 2012-03-01 00:00:00
8  | 2012-01-20 00:00:00

I’d like to return either TRUE if the current date is greater than the start date and FALSE if it isn’t. I know I can do comparisons via PHP, but am wondering if I can do it via query?

Answer 1

select case when now() > start_date 
            then true 
            else false
       end
from your_table