ns_buildsqldate

Overview

Build an SQL date value from specified month, day, and year

Syntax

ns_buildsqldate month day year

Description

ns_buildsqldate returns an SQL date value out of the specified month, day, and year. The month can be the month number (1 - 12) or the full, capitalized month name (January, February, ..., December). The day must be a number from 1 - 31, and the year must be a 4-digit year (e.g., 1957). An error is returned if any of the argument values are invalid.

The resulting SQL date value can be used in an SQL statement. You may need to use ns_dbquotevalue to prepare the date value for use in SELECT queries.

Example

    set thedate [ns_buildsqldate "January" "28" "1942"]
    ns_db dml $db \
    "insert into mytable (datefield) values ('$thedate')"

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