MySQL.
Let there is a table with fields startdate
and kind
.
Actually in the real problem column named here startdate
and kind
are in a UNIQUE index, but the case if only startdate
(not kind
) is UNIQUE would be also interesting.
Let a date d
is specified. I want to retrieve the data of given kind
which corresponds to the latest startdate
which is before d
.
As far as I understand this cannot be efficiently done with views.
So, should it be done with a stored procedure? I am a novice in the topic of stored procedures. Your code would be welcome.
Best Answer
This is easy.
let @d be the date and @k be the kind :