How do I get data from my custom module table?

Question

I have a custom module with its own table which saves the date inside the column named date_to.

I am trying to access the values from only this column but when I load the collection and call getData('date_to') I get the whole collection and not just the date_to column.

Here is what I have tried so far:

$date = Mage::getModel('namespace_modulename/tablename')->getData('date_to');

print_r($date);

When I do print_r($date); I get the whole collection even though I have specified in parenthesis the I only want the date_to column values.

I know I'm missing out an important piece and would like for some help please.

Answer 1

Thanks for the help, I had to loop over the collection like below:

$date = Mage::getModel('namespace_modulename/tablename');

$collection = $date->getCollection();
foreach($collection as $date_to){
    print_r($date_to->getData());
    print_r($date_to->getDateTo());
}

Answer 2

Try doing

$date = Mage::getModel('namespace_modulename/tablename')->load($id);

print_r($date->getData('date_to'));

where $id is the primary key.