Question

I’m sure this is something simple, but I can’t seem to figure it out. Why doesn’t this code work?

DECLARE @FirstSaturday DATETIME
DECLARE @ENDDATE DATETIME

SELECT @FirstSaturday = min(RED1.DATE)
FROM REDFRIDAYDATES..TBLREDFRIDAYALLDATES RED1
WHERE Period = 9 AND year = 2009
SELECT CASE
WHEN getdate() < @FirstSaturday
THEN  set @ENDDATE = getdate()
ELSE  SET @enddate = @FirstSaturday


END

I simply want the value of the earlier date, today or the end of the period, to be assigned to @enddate.

Can someone point me in the right direction? I am using SQL 2000.

Answer 1

The SELECT CASE just doesn make any sense, try:-

DECLARE @FirstSaturday DATETIME
DECLARE @ENDDATE DATETIME

SELECT @FirstSaturday = min(RED1.DATE)
FROM REDFRIDAYDATES..TBLREDFRIDAYALLDATES RED1
WHERE Period = 9 AND year = 2009

SELECT @ENDDATE = CASE
WHEN getdate() < @FirstSaturday
THEN  getdate()
ELSE  @FirstSaturday
END