"Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/06/2005 03:47:25 PM:
> Hi, > > Given two dates, can Mysql calculate and return all the dates that occur > between them? > > Thanks for your advice. > > > Given any two dates, MySQL can tell if a third date is within that range. That's easy. To actually return a list of all dates between any arbitrary pair of dates requires some form of loop (v5.0+) or a lookup into a table populated with all possible dates (any version that supports joins). It's possible to get MySQL to give you a list of dates but not as a "native" function. There is just no facility built into the system to return that list. Sorry! Have you seen such a function before? If so, where and what was it called? Most of the times when people ask this question, they have a report they want to write and need to generate "blank" rows for dates that aren't in the data. Is that what you need or is there some other purpose to your question? Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
