Only show certain fields after a date has passed

Question

How would I set a recordset to only show certain fields after
a date has
passed?
For example:
I have a list of classified adverts some which include an
image which the
client pays extra for. After a certain time period, say, 1
year,
would it be possible to use some kind of IF statement (or
something) to no
longer show the image?
Thanks
Gary

Answer 1

scrap that entire post man.
I'll rewrite it here in a few.
"crash" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
OK. I can't be as much help as I was hoping, since I
just did this in
> PHP and MySQL. But we can do a bit. My ASP is rusty
enough I'm just going
> to give you what I think you should do.
>
> You'll need to research how to format dates and most
importantly strip
> away the timestamp. In MySQL, you can format the date as
it comes out of
> the recordset. I'm not sure if you can do this in
access, but I would
> imagine that you can (indeed, it might be the same SQL).
>
> <%
> varToday = Date (should be able to format out timesteamp
here);
> varTerm = 365; 'This will be your constant term, defined
in days, it looks
> like from archived posts
>
> varExpiredDate = varToday = varTerm;
>
> Search your recordset via varTerm. ie
> WHERE datefield < <% varTerm %>
>
> You will need to search date formatting in Access to see
how to strip out
> the Timestamp from your date, but you should be able to
do this from your
> SQL statement, and return just the date, this will be
compared to your
> varTerm, which basically states that if your signup date
is beyond a year
> from today, your ad will need to be renewed.
>
> I"m not very happy with this, but it's all my brain is
coming up with
> right now. Gimme a few to review it and I might have
something more for
> you.
>
> HTH, sorry I couldn't give you code or urls for date
formatting.
>
> Additionally, you will eventually need to build
somethign that checks
> images and and dates and then sends an email to your
customer letting them
> know their term has expired.
>
> OR - You could also add a new field to your database
which automatically
> updates an "expire" time in your ad table which
automatically adds days to
> the time. If you do this, you don't have to worry about
stripping
> timestamps or anyting, and you can just do a simple
lookup for if Date >=
> DateExpireField then don't pull image.
>
>
>