date between two days gives wrong output

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date between two days gives wrong output

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learning_grsql
Posting Yak Master

230 Posts

Posted - 2013-08-28 : 13:47:17

HI,

I have a table with a date column of datatype varchar(15) and the format is dd/mm/yyyy

When I write the following query, it displays complete data of the table and it cannot understand I want only between '01/08/2013' and '31/08/2013'


select date,column1,column2 from table1
where date between '01/08/2013' and '31/08/2013'

How to fix this? Appreciate your help.

Lamprey
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4614 Posts

Posted - 2013-08-28 : 14:06:20

quote:
Originally posted by learning_grsql

How to fix this? Appreciate your help.

Change the datatype oin the table from VARCHAR to a DATE.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-08-29 : 02:50:06

always make sure you use proper datatype for your fields
Making the datatype as date would require you to simply use a logic like


select [date],column1,column2 from table1
where [date] >= '20130801' 
and [date] < '20130831'

also see

http://visakhm.blogspot.in/2012/12/different-ways-to-implement-date-range.html

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learning_grsql
Posting Yak Master

230 Posts

Posted - 2013-08-29 : 16:13:19

Thanks Lamprey and Visakh :)

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-08-29 : 23:55:07

welcome

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