Question : converting a long to a varchar

Hi,

I have what I believe is a gregorian or unix date coming through from my database.

I want to convert it to a long but am not a mysql developer.....

Can someone one tell me how I would convert myfield from a long to a varchar in mysql?

Thanks

Answer : converting a long to a varchar

please check out your options:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html
likely, the FROM_UNIXTIME():
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_from-unixtime

then, DATE_FORMAT:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format