Re: Selecting time periods

2009/7/11 Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>:
>>>  1 A 7:00 19:00 {0,1,2}
>>>  2 B 19:00 7:00 {0,1,2,3}
>>>  3 C 7:00 19:00 {3,4,5}
>>>  4 D 19:00 7:00 {3,4,5,6}
>>>
>>>  I've tried SELECT shift from shift_times where '17:00' between start AND
>>> finish;
>>>  Which works for A and C but if I change the 17:00 to 19:30 it returns no
>>> rows.
>>
>> The problem with "B" and "D" is that start > end so "between start and
>> finish" is never true.  You need something like:
>>
>> SELECT shift from shift_times where CASE WHEN start < finish THEN '19:30'
>> between start AND finish ELSE '19:30' between start and '23:59' or '19:30'
>> between '00:00' and finish END;
>>
>> I have an application (payroll time sheets) with a similar reporting
>> requirement.  In my tables; start and end of attendance record cannot cross
>> midnight; when this happens, two entries are made into tables - one for each
>> day.  This simple restriction on data entry makes most of the reporting
>> *much* easier.
>
> That would probably be how I'd do it too.
>
> Also, instead of storing an array of days in the "days" column, I'd
> have another table to store the days linked to the shift table:

Sorry, I messed up the shift table.  This is what I meant:

> shift:
id    name    start    finish
1    A    07:00    18:59
2    B    19:00    06:59
3    B    19:00    06:59
4    C    07:00    18:59
5    D    19:00    06:59
6    D    19:00    06:59

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Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>