เข้าใจได้จากตัวอย่างใช้ข้อมูลจากตาราง detail_bday:
mysql> SELECT * FROM detail_bday; +----+---------+------------+ | Sr | Name | Birth_Date | +----+---------+------------+ | 1 | Saurabh | 1990-05-12 | | 2 | Raman | 1993-06-11 | | 3 | Gaurav | 1984-01-17 | | 4 | Rahul | 1993-06-11 | +----+---------+------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)ค้นหาแถวโดยใช้วันที่ 2 วิธี:
mysql> SELECT * FROM detail_bday WHERE Birth_Date = '1993-06-11'; +----+-------+------------+ | Sr | Name | Birth_Date | +----+-------+------------+ | 2 | Raman | 1993-06-11 | | 4 | Rahul | 1993-06-11 | +----+-------+------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM detail_bday WHERE DATE(Birth_Date) = '1993-06-11'; +----+-------+------------+ | Sr | Name | Birth_Date | +----+-------+------------+ | 2 | Raman | 1993-06-11 | | 4 | Rahul | 1993-06-11 | +----+-------+------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)