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mguser

Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:53:17 PM

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I have a stored procedure which selects results based on some date calculations.

In my table I have a status column and two date fields (Approval Date and Signature Date)
If the value in the status column says approved I want to select results where approval date - signature date is less than a certain number of days.

If the status is naything other than approved i want to select results where sysdate - signature date is less than the given number of days.

How can i achieve this?

Scott Whigham

Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:25:40 PM

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Hi there - I deleted your cross post so that we could talk about this in just one location.

You need to use the DATEDIFF() function with CASE. Something like

Code:

DECLARE @NumberOfDays INT
SET @NumberOfDays = 30

SELECT *
FROM MyTable
WHERE @NumberOfDays <=
  CASE
      WHEN Status='Approved' THEN DATEDIFF(dd, ApprovalDate, SignatureDate)
      ELSE DATEDIFF(dd, GETDATE(), SignatureDate)
  ENDp

That's off the top of my head but it should be close-enough-to-right so that you could find the right answer.

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