Question

I have a sql-query where I ask for some dates.

 "SELECT DISTINCT date FROM table WHERE condition ORDER BY date");

The output is:

2007-04-08
2008-04-12
2008-09-27
2009-12-06
2010-01-31
2011-02-27
2011-04-15

Now I’m wondering whether it is possible to get the next date from the output above.
Examples:
1. Today is 2008-12-12. The next date would be 2009-12-06.
2. Today is today/current_date (2011-02-22). The next date would be 2011-02-27.

Have you got an idea how to specify the query?

Thank you.

Answer 1

SELECT DISTINCT date FROM table WHERE dateColumn > CURDATE()
Order by dateColumn desc

If you want only the NEXT date, then you can use LIMIT

SELECT DISTINCT date FROM table WHERE dateColumn > CURDATE() 
Order by dateColumn desc
LIMIT 1