Question

I have this query below but I’m afraid it will not work when the year turns 2012. Any help would be fantastic.

SELECT distinct Month(GetDate())-1,Year(GetDate()) FROM myybl

Answer 1

Perhaps this:

SELECT RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR, DATEADD(mm,-1,GETDATE()),105),7)

The formatted output for today would look like:

09-2011

If you want two separate columns:

SELECT DATEPART(mm,DATEADD(mm,-1,GETDATE())) AS MONTH,
       DATEPART(yyyy,DATEADD(mm,-1,GETDATE())) AS YEAR

Output:

MONTH   YEAR
    9   2011