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Old September 19th, 2012, 11:14 AM
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Date Query with NULLs

In the following example, only the last 'where' clause produces the required results. Shouldn't all three where clauses produce the same results (return both rows)?

Code:
select *
from (
  select 1 as ID, Date 'Sep 18, 2012' as DateStart, Date 'Dec 18, 2012' as DateEnd from RDB$DATABASE
  union select 2 as ID, cast(null as Date) as DateStart, Date 'Jan 18, 2013' as DateEnd from RDB$DATABASE
) as Test
--where 'TODAY' between Coalesce(DateStart, 'TODAY') and Coalesce(DateEnd, 'TODAY')
--where Coalesce(DateStart, 'TODAY') >= DateStart and Coalesce(DateEnd, 'TODAY') <= DateEnd
where (DateStart is null or 'TODAY' >= DateStart) and (DateEnd is null or 'TODAY' <= DateEnd)

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Old September 19th, 2012, 11:17 AM
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Actually, just modified the first 'where' clause to this, and it works:
Code:
where Date 'TODAY' between Coalesce(DateStart, 'TODAY') and Coalesce(DateEnd, 'TODAY')


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In the following example, only the last 'where' clause produces the required results. Shouldn't all three where clauses produce the same results (return both rows)?

Code:
select *
from (
  select 1 as ID, Date 'Sep 18, 2012' as DateStart, Date 'Dec 18, 2012' as DateEnd from RDB$DATABASE
  union select 2 as ID, cast(null as Date) as DateStart, Date 'Jan 18, 2013' as DateEnd from RDB$DATABASE
) as Test
--where 'TODAY' between Coalesce(DateStart, 'TODAY') and Coalesce(DateEnd, 'TODAY')
--where Coalesce(DateStart, 'TODAY') >= DateStart and Coalesce(DateEnd, 'TODAY') <= DateEnd
where (DateStart is null or 'TODAY' >= DateStart) and (DateEnd is null or 'TODAY' <= DateEnd)

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