Checking if a given date fits between a range of dates

Question

If I have 2 date columns in a table, startDate and endDate. How do I return rows where a given date fits between those 2 dates? For example:

Answer 1

Check BETWEEN keyword.

Syntax is simple:

SELECT col1, col2
FROM table1
WHERE date_col BETWEEN '2012-10-25' and 2012-10-28