Sql server 2008 : Query to search for today's date within overlapping dates

Question

I have the above table wherein I need to get NoteIndx matching today's date. Just for testing, assume today is 2013/06/02 (Jun 2,2013) and that would get me two records with noteindx 93105 and 104044.

But the correct value here is 104044 as I need to choose the one that has shortest datespan of STRTDATE and ENDDATE.

I am trying with various sql queries but not getting correct result so far.

Can anyone help me with the best possible query to get above results?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Is this what you want?

select top 1 n.*
from notes n
where cast('2013-06-02' as date) >= strtdate and
      cast('2013-06-02' as date) < enddate + 1
order by enddate - strtdate;

This does not use between because your dates are stored as datetime -- this always introduces the possibility of their being a time portion on the date.

If you want today's date, then use getdate() instead of cast('2013-06-02' as date).