Question

I’m working in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and need to do an analysis of players who qualify for our 50+ tournament on Tuesdays –> To qualify, they need to get 5+ points on Mon or Tues that week before 2pm, and the points are not cumulative (must get a min of 5 on Mon or on Tues before 2pm). The code I am using is below but so far only contains a date range for a specific Monday and Tuesday. I need all Mondays and Tuesdays over a 2 month timeframe. I am new to this (kinda thrown in my lap as an extra duty so I am having to learn on the fly)…

So far, as I stated, I have been able to succeed on my own in getting all the information I need but it is only specific to 1 week. Everything I have found online so far has been more confusing than I can explain and nobody has referenced the code I provided, instead giving me completely new code that I cannot use…

SELECT     
     dbo.CombinedPts.Account, dbo.CombinedPts.FirstName, 
     dbo.CombinedPts.LastName, 
     ISNULL(dbo.CombinedPts.EGSPts, 0) AS EGS, 
     ISNULL(dbo.CombinedPts.IRPts, 0) AS IR, 
     DATENAME(dw, dbo.CombinedPts.Date) AS WkDay, 
     DATEDIFF(YY, dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate, {fn current_date()}) - CASE WHEN   (MONTH(dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate)=MONTH({fn current_date()}) AND DAY(dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate) > DAY({fn current_date()}) OR MONTH (dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate) > MONTH ({fn current_date()}))  THEN 1   ELSE 0   END   AS Age
FROM       
     dbo.CombinedPts, dbo.PlayerMaster 
WHERE      
     (DATEDIFF(YY, dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate, {fn current_date()}) >= 50) 
     AND (dbo.CombinedPts.EGSPts >= 5 OR dbo.CombinedPts.IRPts >= 5) 
     AND (dbo.CombinedPts.Account = dbo.PlayerMaster.Account) 
     AND (Date BETWEEN '10/11/2010 00:00:00' AND '10/11/2010 13:59:59' OR Date BETWEEN '10/12/2010 00:00:00' AND '10/12/2010 13:59:59') 
     AND (DATEPART(dw, dbo.CombinedPts.Date) = 2 OR DATEPART(dw, dbo.CombinedPts.Date) = 3)
GROUP BY   
     dbo.CombinedPts.Account, 
     dbo.CombinedPts.FirstName, 
     dbo.CombinedPts.LastName, 
     DATENAME(dw, dbo.CombinedPts.Date), 
     dbo.CombinedPts.EGSPts, 
     dbo.CombinedPts.IRPts, 
     dbo.PlayerMaster.Birthdate
ORDER BY
     dbo.CombinedPts.Account

As a side note, in our SQL Server 2005, I do not have permissions to create subqueries (I have become an avid user of UNION ALL –> which has proved useless in the query so far) nor do I have permission to generate tables, so everything I do has to be in one query… And thus far, all help that has made some sense has been using tables and subqueries.

Answer 1

It’s a little different structure, but mostly the same. I used aliases instead of full references. It’s also untested, but parses cleanly.

The AND DATEDIFF(m,cp.Date,GETDATE()) < 2 gives you the 2 month window.

EDIT – Added the clauses for the Day and Time. AND (DATEPART(dw, cp.Date) in (2,3) AND DATEPART(hh,cp.Date) > 14) gives you only Monday and Tuesday after 2:00pm (1400 hours)

SELECT cp.Account
, cp.FirstName
, cp.LastName
, ISNULL(cp.EGSPts,0) AS EGS
, ISNULL(cp.IRPts,0) AS IR
, DATENAME(dw, cp.Date) AS WkDay
, DATEDIFF(YY, pm.Birthdate, GETDATE()) 
        - CASE WHEN (MONTH(pm.Birthdate) = MONTH(GETDATE()) 
        AND DAY(pm.Birthdate) > DAY(GETDATE()) 
        OR MONTH (pm.Birthdate) > MONTH (GETDATE()) )
        THEN 1 
        ELSE 0 
        END AS Age

FROM dbo.CombinedPts cp
join dbo.PlayerMaster pm on cp.Account = pm.Account

WHERE DATEDIFF(YY, pm.Birthdate, GETDATE()) >= 50
 AND (cp.EGSPts >= 5 OR cp.IRPts >= 5)
 AND (DATEPART(dw, cp.Date) in (2,3) AND DATEPART(hh,cp.Date) > 14)
 AND DATEDIFF(m,cp.Date,GETDATE()) < 2

GROUP BY cp.Account
, cp.FirstName
, cp.LastName
, DATENAME(dw, cp.Date)
, cp.EGSPts
, cp.IRPts
, pm.Birthdate

ORDER BY cp.Account