Get a list of dates between two dates

Question

Using standard mysql functions is there a way to write a query that will return a list of days between two dates.

eg given 2009-01-01 and 2009-01-13 it would return

Answer 1

Create a stored procedure which takes two parameters a_begin and a_end. Create a temporary table within it called t, declare a variable d, assign a_begin to d, and run a WHILE loop INSERTing d into t and calling ADDDATE function to increment the value d. Finally SELECT * FROM t.