> Is it possible to carry out the comparison in the following manner
> select name from table where 00:12 is between 23:58 and 00:30
You could try something like
WHERE ('00:12' BETWEEN startTime AND endTime AND startTime <= endTime) OR ('00:12' NOT BETWEEN endTime AND
startTime AND startTime > endTime)
Should work slower, but should work... And take care to equality with BEWTEEN.
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B. Carrupt