mysql - How to get data by date range given only month and year

Question

Below is my mysql table:

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ID  Date_From   Date_To
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1   2011-02-01  2011-02-28
2   2012-09-01  2012-09-30
         


        

Answer 1

You can create a separate column as year_month like YYYYMM and create two triggers to automatically update the column ON INSERT and ON UPDATE if required.

Then the query would be as simple as

WHERE year_month >= 201210 and year_month <= 201312