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Amber_Deslaurier
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40 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-18 : 12:32:19
Hi,

I have an automation process in place and I need SQL to know which dates to use.

I would like the code to select:

Current YEAR, MONTH and DAY. Example: 2010-07-18
BUT to MINUS it BY 2 days (INTERVAL DAY 2)since the database may have data that is recasted after a day or so when its a new month I will always have the latest data from the previous month...

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks,

Amber-

pk_bohra
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1182 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-18 : 12:40:39
Are you looking for this ?

SELECT DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(day, 0, GETDATE()) -2 , 0)
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Amber_Deslaurier
Starting Member

40 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-18 : 12:59:32
Thanks, I think so... I will have to test it. But what if I needed the first day of the current month... would it be: SELECT DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(day, 0, GETDATE()) , 0) ?
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webfred
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8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-18 : 13:30:30
select dateadd(m,datediff(m,0, getdate()),0)



No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-18 : 13:31:48
Here is some good stuff about that:
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=99696


No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.
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Amber_Deslaurier
Starting Member

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Posted - 2010-07-18 : 14:41:43
THANKS!
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