>>>>The QUARTER() function returns the quarter. Is there a way to calculate the first and the last date of a calendar quarter? I suppose I can "build" such a function but I was wondering if there is already a "built-in" function for that?
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>>>>TIA>
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>>>In case you need to search by ranges in SQL Server, take a look at this blog post
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http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBProgramming/MSSQLServer/searching-for-ranges-when-you-have-quart>>
>>Thank you.
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>You're welcome - of course I could have written the code for you if I would have doubted you can do it yourself as easy.
I would not do it in as short and concise form as Sergey did it or you could have done.
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