how to write query for from and to date in sql server 2008

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In sql server 2008, my table structure like this and i need to retrieve records based on fromdate and todate

ID Text ValidFrom ValidTo
2 A 2/3/2015 2/7/2015
3 C 2/5/2015 2/6/2015
4 B 1/21/2015 1/23/2015
5 D 1/23/2015 1/24/2015

if fromdate='02/04/2015' and todate='02/06/2015' then
expecting result as
ID Text ValidFrom ValidTo
2 A 2/3/2015 2/7/2015
3 C 2/5/2015 2/6/2015

Posted 19-Feb-15 0:48am

raviendiran

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Richard MacCutchan 19-Feb-15 7:06am

If you are storing the dates as text strings then you will always have a problem.

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2015-03-04T08:27:00

Not sure if you have solved this problem already, but in my honest opinion you should never store dates in varchar. This would lead you to problems whenever you need to compare the values, calculate it etc. You always end up to converting the text values back to dates and then doing the actual operation.

When you have converted the values then your query should be something like:

SQL

SELECT ...
FROM ...
WHERE @fromDateValue BETWEEN ValidFrom AND ValidTo
OR    @toDateValue BETWEEN ValidFrom AND ValidTo

Suvendu Shekhar Giri · Answer 2 · 2015-02-19T01:04:00

Solution 2

You can filter dates like following

SQL

SELECT ID.Text,ValidFrom,ValidTo
FROM [YourTableName]
WHERE ValidFrom BETWEEN '02/04/2015' AND '02/06/2015' 
--OR--WHERE ValidTo BETWEEN '02/04/2015' AND '02/06/2015'

But, this will definitely not give the result as you have shown because as you want result like

ID Text ValidFrom ValidTo
2 A 2/3/2015 2/7/2015
3 C 2/5/2015 2/6/2015

but '2/3/2015' or '2/7/2015' of first row doesn't match with filter date range '02/04/2015' and '02/06/2015'

If you want something else, please let me know :)

Posted 19-Feb-15 1:04am

Suvendu Shekhar Giri

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raviendiran 19-Feb-15 7:14am

thanks for your help, but even-though i have another scenario when i am passing fromdate='02/05/2015' and todate='02/05/2015' then i need to retrieve records which ever matching validfrom and validto dates

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 19-Feb-15 7:39am

So, what I understood,
(1) either you need the result such that "ValidFrom"="FromDate" or "ValidTo"="ToDate"
(2) or you need the result such that "ValidFrom" between "FromDate" and "ToDate"
or "ValidTo" between "FromDate" and "ToDate"
Please clarify a little more so that I will be able to help you :)

Rajat_RJT · Answer 3 · 2015-02-19T01:04:00

Solution 1

Try following command-

SQL

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;