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Re: How to check the date validity?

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Date 2013-12-24 11:39 +1100
Subject Re: How to check the date validity?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, my question is: since there is a simple way of inserting
> preformatted string into the datetime field of mySQL, how do I
> validate the date string?

Well, the easiest way would be to simply attempt the SQL query. If it
comes back with an error, the date wasn't valid. To protect a
transaction against being broken by an error, you can use a SAVEPOINT
- check the database docs. (I've never actually used savepoints in
MySQL, only PostgreSQL, so things may be a bit different. Check the
docs.)

ChrisA

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Re: How to check the date validity? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-24 11:39 +1100

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