Re: Help! SQL example needed for date comparison!

An example for sybase would be:

select * from telephone_book where datediff(dd,my_datetime,getdate()) = 1

: >ah262_at_detroit.freenet.org wrote:
: >>
: >> I am in urgent need of some SQL sample code that takes a database
: >> DATETIME formatted field and compares it to the system date (minus one
: >> day) for equality. I am, in effect, attempting to pull the records from
: >> a table dated 1 day previous from the current system date. Sounds
: >> simple, eh? I've looked at using the various date functions that Informix
: >> provides, but each one is very specialized in the resulting value it
: >> produces.
: >
: >I do not understand:
: > select * from table
: > where table.datecolumn=today-1
: >
: >does not work ?
: >
: >Michal
: >
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