How to search from date to date using MySQL query

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hi all, having a problem searching by date ranges I got 2 textboxes "StartDate" and "EndDate" both have the jquery datepicker assigned to them im retrieving information from a MySQL database but now i want to retrieve information from the "StartDate" to the "EndDate" only, would like to use a button control "Show date range info", my MySQL query at the moment is

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SELECT transactions.transaction_id, transactions.date_time, transaction_type.transaction_type_description, transactions.amount FROM `transactions`" +
"INNER JOIN transaction_type ON transaction_type.transaction_type_id = transactions.transaction_type_id " +
"WHERE account_or_member_id = '53' and is_member = '1' " +
"Order by transactions.date_time ASC",con2

any help please
Wes

Posted 3-Oct-12 0:43am

Wes101

Updated 3-Oct-12 0:48am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-10-03T00:52:00

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Try:

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SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE myDateColumn BETWEEN '2011-01-01' AND '2012-06-31'

Posted 3-Oct-12 0:52am

OriginalGriff

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Wes101 3-Oct-12 6:55am

will that work with the 2 textboxes? cause i want to get that dates from the 2 textboxes to search from

OriginalGriff 3-Oct-12 7:09am

Yes - just replace the two dates in the example with parameters, and pass the values through as DateTime objects to avoid SQL Injection attacks.