getting a date in the past

Hi,
Does anyone knows the select syntax for getting a date in the past but
close the current date.
For example: i have a table of addresses with an id, startdate, street,
etc. Now what i would like to do, is get the date that is close to the
current date. The outcome of it, is the current address of a person.
Is this possible with use of the columns id and startdate or just startdate?Please post DDL if you are refering to columns in your tables
http://www.aspfaq.com/5006
Select TOP 1 <columnlist>
>From SomeTable
Where id = <Someid>
Order by Startdate desc
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.|||select DATEDIFF(dd, StartDate, getdate()), * from YourTable
order by DATEDIFF(dd, StartDate, getdate())
dd = Days. This can be substitued for hours, minutes, seconds etc. Have a
look at DATEDIFF function in SQL Books Online
HTH. Ryan
"Jason" <jasonlewis@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Does anyone knows the select syntax for getting a date in the past but
> close the current date.
> For example: i have a table of addresses with an id, startdate, street,
> etc. Now what i would like to do, is get the date that is close to the
> current date. The outcome of it, is the current address of a person.
> Is this possible with use of the columns id and startdate or just
> startdate?