I want to choose all articles from a two week span. From today's date back 2 weeks. I tried to use this script but it's not working. I thought something like this would do it but I am not sure.


SQLStr="SELECT * FROM ABNNews WHERE (date = " & (date-14) & ") ORDER by Date DESC"

Thanks for your help

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You may need to convert the Date-14 part into an actual date, try printing out the SQL just before you run it and then see if it will run in SQL Plus / Query Anaylser.

I don't have Query Anaylser, I don't have access to the DB. All I can do is use asp to manipulate what's there, Add/delete/modify. I am using the above script on another table and it's works, but I use it as (-1) to select the day before today. So I am not sure what you are asking me to do.

try
SQLStr="SELECT * FROM ABNNews WHERE (date >= " & dateadd("d",-14,date) & ") ORDER by Date DESC"

However, I recommend not using 'date' as a field name in the database, try ArticleDate or some thing more descriptive and less likely to be mistaken for a keyword.

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Sorry, changed that to dateadd("d",-14,date)

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Thanks for your help, too bad I cannot change the table names, I don't have access, unless you can do it with asp. But the above staement is returning all the records in the table. The date coloumn stores the date 03/26/2004. If the helps, maybe it thinks it's 14 years not days. Just a thought.

Thanks

It will return all records because you tell it to return all records ;)

Take a look at this:

WHERE Date >= Date -14

Because your column is called Date, the Access driver doesn't see it as a column name, but as a function name. It's about the same as this:

WHERE i >= i - 14

i will always be larger than i - 14, so Date will also be larger than Date - 14

IMO, you should change the name of the Date column in the database. If you can't do it, tell the one who created the database to do it for you.

Alternatively, you may try to wrap the column name in angled brackets:

WHERE ([date] >= #" & dateadd("d",-14,date) & "#)

HtH,

Imar


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Thanks rodmcleay and Imar, I think your right, I will have to try and change the column
name in the DB. Nothing I do seems to work. Thanks for your help and I will see what I can do

Hmmm, looks like I am talking crap. Just ran a quick test:

"SELECT ID, date FROM Test WHERE (date >= #" & dateadd("d", -14, date) & "#)"

This query results in:

SELECT ID, date FROM Test WHERE (date >= #3/16/2004#)

And when I send that to the database, it seems to work correctly. That is, it skips a record with a date like 3/11/2004.

What Access version is your database? Any idea what ADO version you are using?
Also, did you add the # characters to delimit the date?

(Even though it may work, you should follow Rod's advice: using reserved words for column names is not a wise thing to do).

Imar


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I am using an sql DB and when I use the # characters I get an error

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '#'.

/news/default.asp, line 21

That is the error, maybe that can help with the info you requsted.

Thanks