I am using SQL Server Express and ASP.

I have a table that contains news articles, headlines, start and end
dates. I am trying to create a recordset that shows all of the
articles that are greater than or equal to the start date and less
than or equal to the end date. For some reason I cannot get it to
function properly using a statement similar to StartDate >= Now() AND
EndDate <= Now(). SQL doesnt like the Now() piece of the statement.
Anyone have an idea how I can get this to work? I have also tried
CURDATE() but to no avail.


Please help.

t8ntboy wrote:

> I am using SQL Server Express and ASP.
>
> I have a table that contains news articles, headlines, start and end
> dates. I am trying to create a recordset that shows all of the
> articles that are greater than or equal to the start date and less
> than or equal to the end date. For some reason I cannot get it to
> function properly using a statement similar to StartDate >= Now() AND
> EndDate <= Now(). SQL doesnt like the Now() piece of the statement.
> Anyone have an idea how I can get this to work? I have also tried
> CURDATE() but to no avail.

StartDate <= GetDate() and EndDate >= GetDate()

On Mar 20, 4:33 pm, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> t8ntboy wrote:
> > I am using SQL Server Express and ASP.
>
> > I have a table that contains news articles, headlines, start and end
> > dates. I am trying to create a recordset that shows all of the
> > articles that are greater than or equal to the start date and less
> > than or equal to the end date. For some reason I cannot get it to
> > function properly using a statement similar to StartDate >= Now() AND
> > EndDate <= Now(). SQL doesnt like the Now() piece of the statement.
> > Anyone have an idea how I can get this to work? I have also tried
> > CURDATE() but to no avail.
>
> StartDate <= GetDate() and EndDate >= GetDate()

Ed:

Many thanks!!!

t8ntboy,

You might want to use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP which is ANSI compliant and
equivalent to GETDATE(). There is no functional difference, its just easier
for someone coming from another DB platform to understand.

-- Bill

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>I am using SQL Server Express and ASP.
>
> I have a table that contains news articles, headlines, start and end
> dates. I am trying to create a recordset that shows all of the
> articles that are greater than or equal to the start date and less
> than or equal to the end date. For some reason I cannot get it to
> function properly using a statement similar to StartDate >= Now() AND
> EndDate <= Now(). SQL doesnt like the Now() piece of the statement.
> Anyone have an idea how I can get this to work? I have also tried
> CURDATE() but to no avail.
>
>
> Please help.
>