Job to be run ever first for the previous calendar month

Hi!

I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
procedure that I can use to do that?

Thank you,
T.tolcis,

There might be a more elegant way, but this should work:

declare @.Now datetime
declare @.StartDate datetime
declare @.EndDate datetime

set @.Now = getdate()
if datepart(d, @.Now) = 1 -- only execute if it is the first day of the month
begin
-- to get start date, subtract one month from the date and remove the
time from the date
set @.StartDate = convert(varchar(15), dateadd (m, -1, @.now), 112)
-- to get end date, remove time from date
set @.EndDate = dateadd(m, 1, @.StartDate)
print cast(@.StartDate as char(25)) + cast(@.EndDate as char(25))
-- execute your code here using >= @.StartDate and < @.EndDate
end

-- Bill

"tolcis" <nytollydba@.gmail.comwrote in message
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Originally Posted by

Hi!
>
I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
procedure that I can use to do that?
>
Thank you,
T.
>

|||WHERE create_date < DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate()),0)
AND create_date >= DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate())-1,0)

Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT

On 17 Jan 2007 14:30:29 -0800, "tolcis" <nytollydba@.gmail.comwrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>Hi!
>
>I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
>month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
>if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
>be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
>28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
>procedure that I can use to do that?
>
>Thank you,
>T.

|||tocis,

Ignore the first post, this is better. Schedule your job to be run on the
first of every month. This will give you the prior month date range for any
date, not just the 1st. This way if the job fails you can also run it on the
2nd, 3rd, etc.

declare @.Now datetime
declare @.StartDate datetime
declare @.EndDate datetime

set @.Now = getdate()

-- to get end date, subtract days to get to get 1st of the month for any
date
set @.EndDate = dateadd(d, 1 - datepart(d,@.Now), @.Now)

-- remove the time portion
set @.EndDate = convert(char(12), @.EndDate, 112)

-- subtract a month for start date
set @.StartDate = dateadd(m, -1, @.EndDate)
print cast(@.StartDate as char(25)) + cast(@.EndDate as char(25))
-- execute your code here using >= @.StartDate and < @.EndDate

-- Bill

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Quote:

Originally Posted by

tolcis,
>
There might be a more elegant way, but this should work:
>
declare @.Now datetime
declare @.StartDate datetime
declare @.EndDate datetime
>
set @.Now = getdate()
if datepart(d, @.Now) = 1 -- only execute if it is the first day of the
month
begin
-- to get start date, subtract one month from the date and remove the
time from the date
set @.StartDate = convert(varchar(15), dateadd (m, -1, @.now), 112)
-- to get end date, remove time from date
set @.EndDate = dateadd(m, 1, @.StartDate)
print cast(@.StartDate as char(25)) + cast(@.EndDate as char(25))
-- execute your code here using >= @.StartDate and < @.EndDate
end
>
-- Bill
>
"tolcis" <nytollydba@.gmail.comwrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

>Hi!
>>
>I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
>month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
>if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
>be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
>28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
>procedure that I can use to do that?
>>
>Thank you,
>T.
>>

>
>

|||Roy,

Wya cool, did not know this!

-- Bill

"Roy Harvey" <roy_harvey@.snet.netwrote in message
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WHERE create_date < DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate()),0)
AND create_date >= DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate())-1,0)
>
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
>
On 17 Jan 2007 14:30:29 -0800, "tolcis" <nytollydba@.gmail.comwrote:
>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>>Hi!
>>
>>I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
>>month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
>>if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
>>be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
>>28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
>>procedure that I can use to do that?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>T.

|||Thanks. Works great.

Roy Harvey wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

WHERE create_date < DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate()),0)
AND create_date >= DATEADD(month,DATEDIFF(month, 0,getdate())-1,0)
>
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
>
On 17 Jan 2007 14:30:29 -0800, "tolcis" <nytollydba@.gmail.comwrote:
>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Hi!

I have a query that has to return bunch of data based on the calendar
month. I have to make sure that it will return data to me for 28 days
if it is February and for 31 if it is August(for example). I need to
be able to execute it every first of every month for the past 30, 31 or
28 days based on the calendar month. Is there a function or a stored
procedure that I can use to do that?

Thank you,
T.

sql

Job scheduling

Hi,

I have two jobs scheduled on the Agent. Each job has ten steps. The next step is executed only if the previous suceeds.

I want Job 2 to execute only if Job 1 suceeds. How do I schedule that?

I was thinking that I can have the ten steps of Job 2 as steps (11 to 20) of Job 1 with each step executing after the previous one succeeds. If I do that then I can get rid of Job 2.

Let me know what approach you would advise.

Thanksthats what i would do|||I think that is the only option. I am not aware of any other way of controlling the job sequence.|||You don't have to merge two jobs into one. At the end of job1, on step 10 choose "go to next step if succeeds" and then add one more step with command:

exec sp_start_job @.job_name = job2

job dependency?

Is it possible to make the execution of one job dependent on the successful execution of a previous job?

Could you elaborate a bit more. Are you talking SQL Agent Jobs or individual tasks in an SSIS package?

|||

If it is in the agent, then you have to make a subsequent step execute based on the success of a previous step.

If it is in SSIS, then you can add several Exceute Package Tasks in the control flow and make one dependent upon the successfull completion of the other.