Sorting Dates from current date

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May 20th, 2003, 07:56 AM

dcyoung

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Sorting Dates from current date

I need help sorting dates from the current date. The only way I have figured out how to do this, is with two queries.

The first query returns everything from the current day until the end of the year. Second query returns everything from the beginning of the year until the current date. So that the returned record set looks like this when running the query on 5/24.

John - 5/25
Mary - 12/3
Joe - 1/6

I am using MS-Sql server, and have this in a stored procedure. When I exec the SP from an ASP page, it only returns the first recordset.

SELECT Name, DatePart(M, Birthdate) As Month, DatePart(D, Birthdate) As Day
FROM Users
WHERE
(DatePart(M, Birthdate) = DatePart(M, GetDate()) AND DatePart(D, Birthdate) >= DatePart(D, GetDate())) OR
DatePart(M, Birthdate) > DatePart(M, GetDate())
ORDER BY DatePart(M, Birthdate) ASC, DatePart(D, Birthdate) ASC

SELECT Name, DatePart(M, Birthdate) As Month, DatePart(D, Birthdate) As Day
FROM Users
WHERE
(DatePart(M, Birthdate) = DatePart(M, GetDate()) AND DatePart(D, Birthdate) <= DatePart(D, GetDate())) OR
DatePart(M, Birthdate) < DatePart(M, GetDate())
ORDER BY DatePart(M, Birthdate) ASC, DatePart(D, Birthdate) ASC

May 20th, 2003, 11:31 AM

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any chance you could edit the stored proc? what you want does not require two queries

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May 20th, 2003, 11:36 AM

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Yes, I can edit the procedure, I just don't know how to write the query to accomplish the output needed.

May 20th, 2003, 12:17 PM

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how do you want the dates sorted?

May 20th, 2003, 12:22 PM

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They should sort by the birthmonth / birthday beginning with the current date, forward to the end of the year, then all dates beginning in January to the present date should show.

May 20th, 2003, 12:44 PM

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Code:

select case
         when month(Birthdate) < month(Getdate())
         then 'past'
         when month(Birthdate) = month(Getdate())
          and day(Birthdate)   < month(Getdate())
         then 'past'
         else 'future'
       end              as sortseq
     , Name
     , month(Birthdate) as birthmonth
     , day(Birthdate)   as birthmonthday
  from Users
order 
    by sortseq
     , month(Birthdate) 
     , day(Birthdate)

May 20th, 2003, 12:55 PM

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That does the trick. Much thanks for your help

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