Question

Hi I have to retrieve from my table most recent records that match a given MM-YYYY, but the date field in the table is DD-MM-YYYY, how do I get this done?

Thank you very much

Best Regards
Ignacio.

Answer 1

How many of the most recent records do you need?

Could you not query for all the dates in the relevant month, order by the dates, and then only select the results you need from the top of the list.

For example:

SELECT TOP(1) * 
FROM your_table 
WHERE date_time_field >= '20120101' 
  AND date_time_field < '20120201' 
ORDER BY date_time_field DESC

This would select the most recent record from January of this year.
Change the number inside the TOP() statement to change the number of results returned, or leave it off altogether and take comfort in the fact that your results are ordered.