select dateadd(day,number,’20001010′) as dates from master..spt_values
where type=’p’ order by number

Any ideas?

If I would like to have the time set-up to be 11:30 p.m., (23 hours ahead), what SQL statement should I use?

Thanks.

You question seems to be way off topic. What you are looking for is not a date function but take a look at this articles about pivot tables, dynamic columns, and one or two other methods to implement what you are looking for. Basically you are trying to do group by
cast(year(dtSale) as varchar(5))+’-Q’
+ cast(datepart(qq, dtSale) as varchar)
which give you the format YYYY-Qn

My solution uses computed columns, and give you a running total for the quarter. The quarter is a bit messy to give you YYYY-Qn format but it works.
Standard disclaimer applies this hasn’t been tested against a large sample size for query performance, blah, blah.

Here is a the code to what you want. Again I would do research on what you trying to do with pivot tables.

FYI,
jeff
——

– drop table #prodTest;
create table #prodTest
(
id int identity(1,1),
stProduct_name varchar(150) NOT NULL,
stProduct_catagory varchar(80) NOT NULL,
mnPriceUnit money,
nQuantity int,
— computed column
mnPriceSale as (nQuantity * mnPriceUnit),
dtSale datetime NOT NULL default getdate(),
— use money cause in your example it would get to big too quick with decimal
);

/*
– using sql one insert to multiple rows.
– if you are using sql 2005 then do the select union all to
– make it work
*/

– drop table #prodTest
insert into #prodTest
(
stProduct_name,
stProduct_catagory,
mnPriceUnit,
nQuantity,
dtSale
)

VALUES
(‘Nokia C7′, 5, 18000.00, 1, ’5/22/2010′),
(‘Iron Box’, 4, 2000.00, 1, ’1/31/2010′),
(‘Dell Laptop’, 3, 30000.00, 1, ’7/18/2010′),
(‘Rice’, 1, 600.00, 4, ’9/28/2010′),
(’5 HP Printer’,3, 5000.00, 3, ’11/26/2010′),
(‘Horlicks’, 1, 150.00, 1, ’2/15/2010′),
(‘HP Laptop’, 3, 30000.00, 1, ’7/18/2010′);

SELECT * FROM #prodTest order by dtSale desc;

select
— this gets your YYYY-Qn Format
–
cast(year(dtSale) as varchar(5))+’-Q’
+ cast(datepart(qq, dtSale) as varchar) as [Year_Quarter],

— now create a table you want
sum(case when stProduct_catagory=’1′ then mnPriceSale else 0 end) as [Home],
sum(case when stProduct_catagory=’2′ then mnPriceSale else 0 end) as [Business],
sum(case when stProduct_catagory=’3′ then mnPriceSale else 0 end) as [Computers],
sum(case when stProduct_catagory=’4′ then mnPriceSale else 0 end) as [Electronics],
sum(case when stProduct_catagory=’5′ then mnPriceSale else 0 end) as [Mobiles],
sum(mnPriceSale) as [Quarter_Total]
from
#prodTest
group by
cast(year(dtSale) as varchar(5))+’-Q’
+ cast(datepart(qq, dtSale) as varchar)
order by
Year_Quarter desc;

Product Category Table

Pro_Cat_ ID Pro_Cat_Name
1 Home
2 Business
3 Computers
4 Electronics
5 Mobiles
Expected output

Quarter Home Business Computers Electronics Mobiles
Q1 - - - 2,000.00 -
Q2 150 - - - 18,000.00
Q3 2,400.00 - 60,000.00 - -
Q4 - - 5,000.00 - -

How can i do that?

I have a bunch of dates where i need to find the Appropriate Quarter for each date and Appropriate Year so i can create a Pivot Grid.

Any help appreciated.
Brian

To get the EventDate for last month I used

SELECT * From SomeTable
Where EventDate Between DATEADD(mm,-1,DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0)) AND DATEADD(ms,-3,DATEADD(mm,0,DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0)))

Now users want only to see the EventDate between hours from 4pm to 6am of every day of last month. Can i please have some hints?

Thanks in advance!

SET DATEFIRST 6
SELECT GETDATE() CurrentDate,
DATEADD(dd,(DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()) – 1) * – 1, GETDATE()) firstDayOfWeek,
DATEADD(dd, (7 – DATEPART(dw,GETDATE())), GETDATE()) lastDayOfWeek

Regards