Are there any MySQL functions to get all rows with with a start or end date that fall between a given start and end date?

Question

I have a table of events with a recorded start and end time as a MySQL DATETIME object (in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. I want to find all events that occur

Answer 1

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE startdate >= 'starting date' AND startdate < 'ending date'
    OR enddate >= 'starting date' AND enddate < 'ending date'

should work for you.

Make sure you specify 'starting date' and 'ending date' with the time included.

'2008-01-01 00:00:00'' AND '2008-01-31 23:59:59'

This will help to avoid errors where dates are the same, but your time falls within the interval by a few hours, minutes, or seconds.