I have a MySql database with a table(s) containing dated records. I use a PERL cgi to allow visitors to my site to search the database according to various parameters and then output a results list. That works fine. However at the beginning of the program I want to open the database and delete records that are older than 30 days in the target table. I've tried every piece of code from every tutorial that I can find on the Internet such as DELETE FROM table WHERE DATE (NOW (), date) >30 or DELETE FROM table WHERE DATE < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 30 DAY) and many others. NONE work. I continually get some kind of error message.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance for any guidance that is provided!

In reply to Deleting Old MySql Records With PERL by Milti

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