Question

I’ve got the following SQL statement that I am working on. I’ve trimmed it down to the parts necessary to illustrate the problem.

DECLARE @mwareId as int = 9647,
@startDate as datetime = '2011-07-20',
@endDate as datetime = '2011-07-20'

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#tmpInvoiceList', 'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #tmpInvoiceList

-- Get base invoice list for customer
SELECT   invoiceId
        ,invoiceNumber
        ,customerId
        ,customerName
        ,customerCode
        ,createDate
        ,lastModifiedDate
        ,invoiceDate
        ,totalInvoiceAmount
        ,statusId
        ,isPaid
INTO #tmpInvoiceList
FROM    Invoice.Invoice

-- Apply date range if applicable
IF ( @startDate != NULL AND @endDate != NULL )
BEGIN
    DELETE FROM #tmpInvoiceList
    WHERE invoiceDate NOT BETWEEN @startDate AND @endDate
END

SELECT * FROM #tmpInvoiceList

I have the @startDate and @endDate variables set to date values. The problem is that the if block that applies the date range to the temp table is not executing, though neither of the two variables are null, and I can’t find a reason for this.

Answer 1

As far as I’m aware, TSQL doesn’t support the != operator for null checks. Try this:

IF ( @startDate IS NOT NULL AND @endDate IS NOT NULL )