Question

I have a table in SQL server which has a DATETIME field called Date_Printed. I am trying to get all records in the table which lie between a specified date range. Currently I am using the following SQL


DECLARE @StartDate DATETIME
DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME

SET @StartDate = '2010-01-01'
SET @EndDate = '2010-06-18 12:59:59 PM'

SELECT * FROM table WHERE Date_Printed BETWEEN @StartDate AND @EndDate


I have an index on the Date_Printed column. I was wondering if this is the best way to get the rows in the table which lie between those date or if there is a faster way. The table has about 750,000 records in it right now and it will continue to grow. The query is pretty fast but I’d like to make it faster if possible.

Answer 1

I’d recommend that you use:

DECLARE @StartDate DATETIME
DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME

SET @StartDate = '2010-01-01'
SET @EndDate = '2010-06-19'

SELECT [someColumn],... FROM table WHERE Date_Printed >= @StartDate AND Date_Printed < @EndDate

Don’t know what could hit in that last second of the day!