generate days from date range

Question

I would like to run a query like

select ... as days where `date` is between \'2010-01-20\' and \'2010-01-24\'

And return data like:

Answer 1

DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE GenerateRangeDates(IN dateStart DATE, IN dateEnd DATE)
BEGIN

    CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dates (day DATE);

    loopDate: LOOP
        INSERT INTO dates(day) VALUES (dateStart); 
        SET dateStart = DATE_ADD(dateStart, INTERVAL 1 DAY);

        IF dateStart <= dateEnd 
            THEN ITERATE loopDate;
            ELSE LEAVE loopDate;
        END IF;
    END LOOP loopDate;

    SELECT day FROM dates;
    DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS dates;

END 
$$

-- Call procedure
call GenerateRangeDates( 
        now() - INTERVAL 40 DAY,
        now()
    );