I'm trying to setup a date lookup table as in this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/simplify-sql-server-2005-queries-with-a-dates-table/326 but the author is using tsql and not mysql.
I have created the table but now I'm trying to get it to populate. The author has this:
Create table syntax:
CREATE TABLE DateLookup
(
DateKey INT PRIMARY KEY,
DateFull DATETIME,
CharacterDate VARCHAR(10),
FullYear CHAR(4),
QuarterNumber TINYINT,
WeekNumber TINYINT,
WeekDayName VARCHAR(10),
MonthDay TINYINT,
MonthName VARCHAR(12),
YearDay SMALLINT,
DateDefinition VARCHAR(30),
WeekDay TINYINT,
MonthNumber TINYINT
)
DECLARE @Date DATETIME
SET @Date = '1/1/1900'
WHILE @Date < '1/1/2100'
BEGIN
INSERT INTO DateLookup
(
DateKey, DateFull, FullYear,
QuarterNumber, WeekNumber, WeekDayName,
MonthDay, MonthName, YearDay,
DateDefinition,
CharacterDate,
WeekDay,
MonthNumber
)
SELECT
CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), @Date, 112), @Date, YEAR(@Date),
DATEPART(qq, @Date), DATEPART(ww, @Date), DATENAME(dw, @Date),
DATEPART(dd, @Date), DATENAME(mm, @Date), DATEPART(dy,@Date),
DATENAME(mm, @Date) + ' ' + CAST(DATEPART(dd, @Date) AS CHAR(2)) + ',
' + CAST(DATEPART(yy, @Date) AS CHAR(4)),
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), @Date, 101),
DATEPART(dw, @Date),
DATEPART(mm, @Date)
SET @Date = DATEADD(dd, 1, @Date)
END
I've removed all of the @ signs and it kind of looks like it might not like date as a variable name but haven't been able to get it to run.
BEGIN
DECLARE dateInsert DATETIME
SET dateInsert = "1900-01-01"
WHILE dateInsert < "2100-01-01" DO
INSERT INTO DateLookup
(
DateKey, DateFull, FullYear,
QuarterNumber, WeekNumber, WeekDayName,
MonthDay, MonthName, YearDay,
DateDefinition,
CharacterDate,
WeekDay,
MonthNumber
)
SELECT
CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), dateInsert, 112), dateInsert, YEAR(@dateInsert),
DATEPART(qq, dateInsert), DATEPART(ww, dateInsert), DATENAME(dw, dateInsert),
DATEPART(dd, dateInsert), DATENAME(mm, dateInsert), DATEPART(dy,dateInsert),
DATENAME(mm, dateInsert) + ' ' + CAST(DATEPART(dd, dateInsert) AS CHAR(2)) + ',
' + CAST(DATEPART(yy, dateInsert) AS CHAR(4)),
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), dateInsert, 101),
DATEPART(dw, dateInsert),
DATEPART(mm, dateInsert)
SET dateInsert = DATEADD(dd, 1, dateInsert)
END WHILE;
END;
EDIT: I tried this app: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tsql2mysql/ but it doesn't seem to run on any of my machines.
EDIT: It fails near 'DECLARE dateInsert DATETIME SET dateInsert = '1900-01-01' WHILE' with or without the @ signs, with or without Date being renamed as dateInsert.
I tried removing the 'set dateInsert =' statement and replacing with adding default = "1900-01-01" at the end of the declaration but that's a no go.
I've tried single and double quores, that didn't seem to make a difference.