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Collecting Records of Current Date or From Last X Seconds

Collecting Records of Current Date or From Last x Seconds

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Collecting Records of Current Date or From Last X Seconds

Collecting Records of Current Date or From Last x Seconds

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Collectingrecordsofcurrentdateorfromlastxseconds

Wewilltrytogetallrecordsinsertedorupdatedtoday.Wewillusethedateandtimefieldwhichstoresthedate
andtimedataoftherecords.WhilecomparingwewilluseMySQLcurdate()functionwhichreturnstoday'sdate.
Hereisthequery.

Today'srecords

SELECT*FROM`test_time2`WHEREtm2=curdate()

Hereourtmfieldstoresdatedataonly.Ifwearestoringdateandtimeboththenwehavetochangethequeryby
addingagreaterthanequaltocomparison.

SELECT*FROM`test_time`WHEREtm>=curdate()

Thiswaywecancollectrecordsofpresentdate.WecanuseDATE_SUB()functionstogettherecordsoflast7days
or15daysorXdays.

Gettingallrecordsoflast10minutesor5secondsorlastonehour.
Wewillbeusingunix_timestamp()whichgivesoutputinSecondselapsedsince1stJan1970

HereisthequerytocollectrecordsaddedorupdatedinlastXseconds.

SELECT*FROMtest_time2WHERE(unix_timestamp()unix_timestamp(tm))<5

Theabovequerywillreturnallrecordsupdatedwithinlastfiveseconds.ThiscanbechangedtoX(any)seconds.

Youcanmodifytheabovequerytoreturnrecordsoflastonehouroranytimemultiplesinseconds.

Thisisrequiredinpreventingspampostings(inforumsetc.)whichautomaticallyaddsnewpostsorreplies.We
cancheckthisbystoppingpostedwithinaparticularduration.

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