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Re: field values via formulas
Posted by: Felix Geerinckx
Date: May 31, 2005 01:20AM

Andriy Pasichnyk wrote:

> if i have mysql table fields called 'YearOfBirth' and 'Age'. how can i make 'Age' be counted
> automaticly by subtracting 'YearOfBirth' from 'CurrentYear'?

SELECT YEAR(CURDATE()) - YearOfBirth AS Age FROM people ...

But it would be better to store the DayOfBirth instead of the YearofBirth (people born in e.g. December may not like being one year older than they really are most of the year ;-)

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