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12-11-12, 15:36
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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How to pull current month data from table updated daily
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Hey folks, novice programmer, first time forum user:
I have a table thats updated daily with monthly data totals:
Month, Total orders1, Total orders2, etc
12/01/2012, 5, 8, etc
11/01/2012, 6, 5, etc
How do I pull data from this table in SQL Server for ONLY the current month? I was thinking using the getdate() function to get the current month, but it doesn't match exactly so I get no results
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12-11-12, 15:47
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Wage drone 24601
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 5,233
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Code:
select *
from table
where [month] = convert(date, dateadd (dd, -1 * datepart(dd, getdate()) + 1, getdate()))
By the way, "Month" is a reserved word in SQL Server.
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12-11-12, 15:52
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Thank you, the column name is actually ordermonth, I was just trying to shorten it a bit.
I tried that code but got this error msg:
Server: Msg 243, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Type date is not a defined system type.
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12-11-12, 16:40
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World Class Flame Warrior
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Ohio
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where OrderMonth >= DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, '1900-01-01', getdate()), '1900-01-01') --Returns current month
and OrderMonth < DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, '1900-01-01', getdate())+1, '1900-01-01') --Returns next month
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12-11-12, 17:03
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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That worked perfectly! Thank you!!
One question tho..I figured out this little bit on my own and it seems to work:
WHERE datepart(mm,ordermonth) =
(SELECT datepart(mm,getdate()))
Is there any reason why this would be any better or worse than Blindman's suggestion? Again, I'm brand new at this stuff, so I'm just trying to figure out what does what and how..
Thank you again!
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Last edited by JayGrrr; 12-11-12 at 17:09.
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12-11-12, 17:12
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Oh, mine returns data for every year w current month in date, not just current month.. Crap. Got it.
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12-12-12, 01:45
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Join Date: May 2008
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Why do people use system reserved words as a column name.. I learned in college to stay away after spending an entire weekend diagnosing why my access database connection wasn't working with java.
I still feel the pain to this day.
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12-12-12, 10:15
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World Class Flame Warrior
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Ohio
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Because Microsoft reserved all the best words.
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