Question

How to search between two number ranges

Asked by: Microtech_Sys

I have a realator database that searches prices, SF, title, Address, etc and lists current listings with title, price, SF, etc.

Title: Building 1
Price: 100,000
Square Foot: 5,000 SF

Currently if one does a search between 90,000 and 200,000 building 1 should come up.

What one of our clients has suggested is that we have the ability to have a price range for the price. So for example

Title: Building 2
Price: 100,000 - 500,000
Square Foot: 5,000 SF

This is not a problem to list but to search, how does one go about this?
example If I searched between 200,000 and 400,000 the listing building 2 should come up. How do you write a SQL statement that captures this

SELECT * From Table WHERE Colum BETWEEN number range AND number range 2

So My question is how can I search between 2 number ranges. and is that the best way to go.

Example of current site http://www.youredc.com/html/real_estate_directory.asp
(if your are fimiliar with loopnet.com, they do this functionality)

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2008-07-11 at 12:12:43ID23558330
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Answers

 

by: chapmandewPosted on 2008-07-11 at 12:15:52ID: 21985158

SELECT * From Table WHERE (Colum BETWEEN number range AND number range 2) or
column2 between numberrange3 and numberrange4

 

by: ScottPletcherPosted on 2008-07-11 at 12:35:31ID: 21985343

I would think you want to AND the ranges, not OR them:

WHERE (price BETWEEN lowprice AND highprice)
AND (sqft BETWEEN lowsqft AND hisqft)

 

by: Microtech_SysPosted on 2008-07-11 at 12:45:43ID: 21985431

Thanks fro the response however if the listing has two colums Price1 and Price2 and is listed like below

title building 2
Price: 100,000 - 500,000 (which is colums Price1 and Price2)
Square Foot: 1,000

and I did a search from 200,000 to 300,000 (inputed into two text boxes searchprice1 and searchprice2)

SELECT * From Table WHERE (Price1 BETWEEN searchprice1 AND searchprice2) or
Price2 BETWEEN searchprice1 and searchprice2

this would not work because, searchprice1 and searchprice2 will miss Price1 and would miss Price2

Price1 100,000 does not fall in between 200,000 - 300,000
Price2 500,000 does not fall in between 200,000 - 300,000

 

by: Microtech_SysPosted on 2008-07-11 at 12:52:33ID: 21985490

SQ foot does not have any relvance. I just added that in to give you an idea of what a realeste listing looks like.

 

by: ScottPletcherPosted on 2008-07-11 at 13:03:05ID: 21985588

D'OH, quite correct.


WHERE price1 <= searchprice1
AND price2 >= searchprice2

 

by: imitchiePosted on 2008-07-11 at 17:23:38ID: 21986959

Hi Microtech,

I believe this is the answer you are after:
(fields are named RangeStart and RangeEnd, inputs are AskLower and AskUpper)

SELECT * FROM Table
WHERE RangeEnd >= AskLower AND AskUpper <= RangeStart

 

by: mark_willsPosted on 2008-07-12 at 09:58:06ID: 21989745

think it is close to what you are looking for, just a slight variation on what drives the select...

SELECT * From Table
WHERE (searchprice2 >= Price1 and searchprice1 <= price2)


ie if searchprice 2 is greater than or equal to price1 and searchprice1 is less than or equal to price2 ie:

p1=100,p2=500,s1=200,s2=300 = true
p1=400,p2=500,s1=200,s2=300 = false
p1=400,p2=500,s1=300,s2=600 = true

think it will give you what you are after - including overlapping ranges.

 

by: Microtech_SysPosted on 2008-10-18 at 10:36:18ID: 22749030

Both Mark Wills and ScottPletcher had the correct answer

I have not implemented into my site yet for we are backed up, but I did do a test and it works fine.



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