How to get the last month data and month to date data

Question

Need help in writing the query to get the last month data as well as month to date data.

If today\'s date is Mar 23 2011, I need to retrieve the data from last month

Answer 1

Step back one month, subtract the number of days to the current date, and add one day.

WHERE  
  DateField <= GetDate() AND
  DateField >= DateAdd(
      mm, 
      -1, 
      DateAdd(dd, -1*DatePart(dd, GetDate())+1, GetDate())
  )

To remove the time quickly, you can use this Cast( Floor( Cast( GETDATE() AS FLOAT ) ) AS DATETIME )

So the second part would be (without time)

DateField >= Cast( Floor( Cast( (DateAdd(
          mm, 
          -1, 
          DateAdd(dd, -1*DatePart(dd, GetDate())+1, GetDate())
      )) AS FLOAT ) ) AS DATETIME )