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Home 2017 October SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Count the total Working days from the given dates

SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Count the total Working days from the given dates

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Check the below input data and expected output to find the total working days in given start/end date (Exclude all Saturdays & Sundays)

Input Date:

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StartDate EndDate
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2017-09-01 2017-09-30

Expected Output:

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TotalWeekDays
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21

Solution:

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DECLARE @StartDate AS DATE = '2017-09-01'
DECLARE @EndDate AS DATE = '2017-09-30'
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT @StartDate Sdate , DATEPART(weekday,@StartDate) Weeks
UNION ALL
SELECT DATEADD(day,1,Sdate) , DATEPART(weekday, DATEADD(day,1,Sdate)) Weeks
FROM CTE
WHERE DATEADD(day,1,Sdate) <= @EndDate
)
SELECT COUNT(1) TotalWeekDays FROM CTE
WHERE Weeks <> 1 AND Weeks <> 7

Please try the different solution for this puzzle and share it via comment...

Oct 27, 2017Anvesh Patel
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Comments: 1
  1. Dinesh
    November 4, 2017 at 6:11 am

    DECLARE @StartDate AS DATE = ‘2017-09-01’
    DECLARE @EndDate AS DATE = ‘2017-09-30’

    ;
    WITH CTE
    As
    (Select @StartDate As FromDate,Datename(DW,@StartDate) As DayName
    Union All
    Select DateAdd(Day,1,FromDate),DateName(DW,DateAdd(Day,1,FromDate))
    From CTE Where FromDate<@EndDate)
    Select Count(*) As NoOfWorkingDay
    From CTE Where DayName Not In('Sunday','SaturDay')

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