Question

What is wrong with this SQL statement? I keep getting SelMonth and CurMonth are invalid columns, am I doing my Where clause wrong? Is the DATEPART causing a problem here?

SELECT TOP (5) 
   EName, EDate, EDateEnd, 
   DATEPART(month, EDate) AS SelMonth, 
   DATEPART(month, { fn CURDATE() }) AS CurMonth
FROM         
   Events
WHERE     
   (EDate >= { fn CURDATE() }) 
   AND (SelMonth = CurMonth)

Thanks

Answer 1

You can’t use the SelMonth and CurMonth in the WHERE clause:

SELECT TOP (5) 
       EName, EDate, EDateEnd, 
       DATEPART(month, EDate) AS SelMonth, 
       DATEPART(month, { fn CURDATE() }) AS CurMonth
FROM   Events
WHERE  (EDate >= { fn CURDATE() }) 
       AND (DATEPART(month, EDate) = DATEPART(month, { fn CURDATE() }))