Hi,

> Martijn & Kevin,
>
> How about:
>
> H.Yr between 2001 and 2002 /*to use indices */

The problem with this index (if you only have indexed H.YR) is that it's
selectivity is way low -> values most probably ranging from 199x to 200x?

I would at least create a compound index on columns Yr and Mo to increase
selectivity...

Martijn Tonies
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> and ((H.Yr*100+H.mo) between 200108 and 200207) /* to narrow it down
> further*/
>
> yr must be a positive integer.
> mo must be a positive integer < 100.
>
> This way you get use of indices on yr if available. Less fuss than a UDF.
>
> HIH
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> ""Martijn Tonies"" <m.tonies@...> wrote in message
> news:000501c249f3$b56dd5b0$0a02a8c0@seal...
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> >
> > > I have a history table with two fields: yr & mo (year and month)
> defined
> > as
> > > small ints.
> > >
> > > Possibly have a design problem here.
> > >
> > > When running a report, a user wants to select the date range from

8/1/01

> > > thru 7/31/2002.
> > >
> > > I've been trying various Selects but can't quite get it.
> > >
> > > The below does not select anything:
> >
> > Well that makes sense... (see below)
> >
> > > SELECT
> > > H.CUSTNO, H.CUSTNAME,
> > > SUM ( H.SALESAMT ) AS SALESAMT, SUM ( H.GROSSMARGIN ) AS

GROSSMARGIN

> > > FROM CUST_HIST H
> > > WHERE
> > > H.COMPANY = '01' AND DIVISION = '01'
> > > and ((H.Yr >= 2001 and H.mo >=8) and (H.Yr <= 2002 and H.mo <=7))
> >
> > How can a H.Mo be >=8 and <=7 at the same time? Or at least, that's what
> > I think is happening... Reading all your parenthesis makes be do this:
> >
> > and ( ( A and B ) and ( C and D ) )
> >
> > which, I believe, can be written as:
> >
> > and A and B and C and D
> >
> > And there you have it - (B and D) will never return True.
> >
> >
> > ok - multiple possibilities here...
> >
> > One thing could be to adjust the table in such a way that it stores
> > full dates - this way you could simply say:
> >
> > H.DateField > '2001/08/01' and H.DateField < '2002/07/01'
> >
> > That sure is the option I would go for.
> >
> > Can you change the table or is this a no-go?
> >
> > Martijn Tonies
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