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qman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2011-09-20 : 14:01:18
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| I am trying to retreive all of last months records from a table. I have a column called "rDate" which is a char(6). Values in this column look like "01SP11", "02SP11", "03SP11", etc....pseudo code:select * from myTablewhere month(rDate) = getDate() - one MonthAny suggestions? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2011-09-20 : 22:08:09
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| what kind of date format is this? so how will you represent January,February etc?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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qman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
442 Posts |
Posted - 2011-09-21 : 08:44:02
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| Guess I am looking to convert JA = 01, FB = 02, MR = 03, etc...And then compare rDate = presentDate - one month. |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2011-09-21 : 08:46:18
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| then best way is to have mapping table for that otherwise you will end up putting lots of case when constructs------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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qman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
442 Posts |
Posted - 2011-09-21 : 11:50:59
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| Mapped table worked like a champ!Thanks for the suggestion. |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2011-09-21 : 11:52:46
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| welcome------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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Help Retreiving Last Months Records