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

Llya, Roberts answer with,

SELECT * FROM table WHERE start_date <= end_of_range AND stop_date >= start_of_range

works fine with,

D) events with both starting and ending dates outside the range, but overlapping it

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