SQL Date Range

I want to select a group of dates based on date range in a PHP app from a
MySQL database.



Assume the table name is xmittalheader and the date field is named:
XMittalDate and is in the format in the MySQL table like this: 11/02/2009



Further assume $startDate and $endDate are being brought into the PHP via a
POST from a form.



Would this be the correct syntax?





$results = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM xmittalheader WHERE XMittalDate
BETWEEN ".$startDate." and ".$endDate);





Thanks!





Shannon O'Donnell