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Got a convertDateToNum UDF lying around? And then of course I'd have
to dig out how to do a UDF...did it once IIRC.

On Nov 13, 2007 1:14 PM, Wilt, Charles <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Then you're not using date fields <grin>

Eric already mentioned a UDF to convert the numeric value to a date value.

However, let me point out that by doing so, you'll force a table scan as any index over the numeric
field will not be used.

Your query would perform better by converting the current_date and (current_date - 30) into a numeric
value with a UDF.

Select *
from myfile
where myDateNum between convertDateToNum(current_date - 30 days) and ConvertDateToNum(current_date)

HTH,
Charles


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That's what I was looking for! Thanks Alan...

Hmmm...also...what if mydate is 8.0 numeric in the form of ccyymmdd?

On Nov 13, 2007 12:24 PM, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

OR

try
mydate between current_date and current_date - 30 day



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Bah...this is eluding me. I want to select records from a
file where a
date value is between current date and 30 days ago. I
thought I could
do something like:
mydate between current_date and current_date - 30, but that doesn't
seem to work. Gotta be easy...how do I do it? Thanks!

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