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Monday, May 18, 2015

Subtract SQL Server example

SQL Server > Operators > Subtract

- Operator (minus) subtracts two numbers or a number (in days) from date.





Example

1. Subtracts values from 2 numeric columns

create table #test(value int, fee int)
insert into #test(value, fee) values (500,50),(100,10)
  select 
   value - fee as 'diff'
  from 
   #test
drop table #test

Result
diff
450
90

2. Subtracts from date

SELECT getdate() - 1 AS 'Subtract Date';