Question

I am trying to figure out how to compare the current day’s data to the same data from a week ago, 2 weeks, etc. Let’s say I have a table called “Order” with 2 columns:

Order table
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OrderID int identity
OrderDate datetime

If today, is Monday, I would like to be able to compare the number of orders from today to the previous Mondays for an entire year. Is this possible with a single SQL Server query? I’m using SQL 2008 if it makes a difference.

Answer 1

select CAST (OrderDate  as date) as [Date], COUNT(*)
from Orders
where OrderDate  > DATEADD(YEAR,-1, getdate()) 
     and DATEPART(DW,OrderDate ) = DATEPART(DW,GETDATE())
group by CAST (OrderDate  as date)