Re: AW: SQL Date Range Problem with Between - Resolved

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chandana Silva wrote:
> <<SNIP>>
>
> The Concatenation below works but the results are bad ..
> Select sum(SALES)  
>  From DaySales
>  WHERE CPY  = 22 and SDSTR = 1234 AND
>        DIGITS(2009) CONCAT'-' CONCAT DIGITS (07) CONCAT'-'
>        CONCAT DIGITS(15) BETWEEN '2009-07-14' AND '2009-08-10';
>
> I tried:
> Select sum(SALES)  
>  From DaySales WHERE CPY  = 22 and SDSTR = 1234 AND
>       DIGITS(2009) CONCAT DIGITS (07) CONCAT DIGITS(15)
>       BETWEEN '20090714' AND '20090810';
>
> Off by Ml.s

  Suggesting that "results are bad" and "off by Ml.s" is not 
helpful to those who might choose to assist.

  The DIGITS() function will not automatically cast to a character 
string matching the length of the numeric literal.  The numeric 
field or literal will need to have exactly two-digits in precision, 
or must be CAST as such [before casting to its DIGITS character 
string form].   The literals will be treated as integer, which have 
a precision of ten.  Per that error, the latter requests the 
equivalent of:
 "AND '000000200900000000070000000015' BETWEEN '20090714'..."

> Multiplication below, Returns Zeo (.)
>
> Select sum(SALES)  
>        From DaySales WHERE SDCPY  = 88  and SDSTR = 1234 AND
>         ((2009*10000) + (07*100) + 15)  BETWEEN '20090714'  AND '20090810';
>
> <<SNIP>>

  Similar to the prior poor explanation of results, what does 
"returns zeo (.)" mean?  Perhaps "zero records"?  Seems odd, since 
even though the expression is numeric and the comparison values are 
character strings, the implicit cast of either should give the 
results just as if all were instead, proper DATE data type values.

Regards, Chuck