SQL BETWEEN

Whereas the IN keyword help people to limit the selection criteria to one or more discrete values, the BETWEEN keyword allows for selecting a range. The syntax for the BETWEEN clause is as follows:

SELECT "column_name"
FROM "table_name"
WHERE "column_name" BETWEEN 'value1' AND 'value2'

This will select all rows whose column has a value between 'value1' and 'value2'.

For example, we may wish to select view all sales information between January 6, 1999, and January 10, 1999, in Table Store_Information,

Table Store_Information

store_name	Sales	Date
Los Angeles	$1500	Jan-05-1999
San Diego	$250	Jan-07-1999
San Francisco	$300	Jan-08-1999
Boston	$700	Jan-08-1999

we key in,

SELECT *
FROM Store_Information
WHERE Date BETWEEN 'Jan-06-1999' AND 'Jan-10-1999'

Note that date may be stored in different formats in different databases. This tutorial simply choose one of the formats.

Result: