How to read from mysql datetime field

Question

I\'m trying to read from mysql field with datetime type and I was trying everything and always it\'s return field name only.

Here is my code:

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Answer 1

The issue is your SELECT statement, you have single quotes ' instead of back ticks around sDate and so the value of that field is in fact "sDate".

Or as Jon Skeet stated, get rid of the back ticks entirely because they exist for keywords only, must like the [] do for MSSQL.