How to use between operator for 2 date input parameters in mysql? - mysql

Question

My task is to get the records between 2fromdate and todate(given as a input parameters).
i am not able to use between operator for 2 input parameters...
My query as follows...
DELIMITER $$
CREATE DEFINER=`testrunner`#`%` PROCEDURE `usp_GetAllTranasactions`(pFromDate nvarchar(30),pToDate nvarchar(30),pstatus int)
BEGIN
select
ST.UserID,U.Username,
ST.SubscriptionID,
ST.DateOfSubscription,
SM.SubType,
SM.Details,
ST.Amount,
ST.EndDate,
ST.Status
from tr_t_subscriptiontransactions ST
Join tr_m_users U on U.UserID=ST.UserID
join tr_m_subscription SM on SM.SubscriptionID=ST.SubscriptionID
where **ST.DateOfSubscription between (pFromDate and pToDate) and ST.EndDate
between(pFromDate and pToDate) and ST.Status=pstatus;**
END if;
END
here i don't know how to use between parameters..plz help me..i want to retrive record between fromdate and todate..hope u understand..

Answer 1

Let us assume you want all transactions for the month of June 2014
In your user interface the parameter values are:
from_date = 2014-06-01
to_date = 2014-06-30
But you will evaluate against a transaction date & time. How do you ensure that absolutely every transactions on June 30 - right up to midnight - is included in the results?
Here is how: use 2014-07-01 instead of 2014-06-30, and here is what the query would look like - which does NOT use between!
SELECT
ST.UserID
, U.Username
, ST.SubscriptionID
, ST.DateOfSubscription
, SM.SubType
, SM.Details
, ST.Amount
, ST.EndDate
, ST.Status
FROM tr_t_subscriptiontransactions ST
JOIN tr_m_users U
ON U.UserID = ST.UserID
JOIN tr_m_subscription SM
ON SM.SubscriptionID = ST.SubscriptionID
WHERE (ST.DateOfSubscription >= pFromDate AND ST.DateOfSubscription < pToDate + 1)
AND (ST.EndDate >= pFromDate AND ST.EndDate < pToDate + 1)
AND ST.Status = pstatus
;
AVOID between for date ranges because it INCLUDES both the lower and upper boundary values.
... equivalent to the expression (min <= expr AND expr <= max)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/comparison-operators.html#operator_between
What this can lead to is an "anti-pattern" which look like this:
where dt_field between '2014-06-01 00:00:00' and '2014-06-30 23:59:59'
but there are time units smaller than one second, so that approach is imperfect. Don't attempt to overcome the deficiencies of between by adjusting the upper value this way. The simple and more accurate approach is to use >= and < adjusting the upper value by one whole time unit (usually the next day).