the between clause

[Mahesh Lohi]

Hi all,

My am getting an error for the following mysql syntax

 select item_name,SUM(qty),SUM(total_amt) from invoice where salesman=? mydate BETWEEN ? AND ? GROUP BY item_name"   

Error:

right syntax to use near 'mydate BETWEEN 20091226 AND 20091226 GROUP BY item_name' at line 1

Thank you in advance

[Praveen Rajendran]

Hi,

I guess the problem is you missed an AND between the where clauses salesman and mydate.

select item_name,SUM(qty),SUM(total_amt) from invoice where salesman=? mydate BETWEEN ? AND ? GROUP BY item_name"

I guess the below code would work.. let me know..

select item_name,SUM(qty),SUM(total_amt) from invoice where salesman=? and mydate BETWEEN ? AND ? GROUP BY item_name

[Scott Selikoff]

For purposes of creating more-standard SQL queries I recommend you replace "X BETWEEN Y AND Z" syntax with "X > Y AND X < Z". At the very least it gives you better control over inclusive (<=,>=) searches as well as creates code that works better on more systems. Least of which, I find the syntax of both to be similar. Anyone have reasons for strongly recommend ever using the keyword BETWEEN?

[Vijitha Kumara]

Behaviour of BETWEEN is vendor specific.It might pick only the values in between the boundary values provided or includes both boundary values as well or .... BETWEEN

[Mahesh Lohi]

Thank you all for those replies.