Date ranges in T/SQL

Question

For a current project I am working I need to return an aggregate report based on date ranges.

I have 3 types of reports, yearly, monthly and daily.

To assis

Answer 1

A static number table is useful, single column, say 8000 rows FROM 0 TO 7999

(Not checked)

DECLARE @Start smalldatetime, @End smalldatetime, @Diff int

SELECT @Start = '2006-01-01 11:10:00', @End = '2009-05-05 08:00:00', @diff = DATEDIFF(year,@start,@end)

SELECT
   DATEADD(year,N.Number,@Start)
FROM
   dbo.Number N
WHERE
   N.Number <= @diff