# BETWEEN range condition
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A `BETWEEN` condition tests expressions for inclusion in a range of values, using the keywords `BETWEEN` and `AND`. 

## Syntax
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```
expression [ NOT ] BETWEEN expression AND expression
```

Expressions can be numeric, character, or datetime data types, but they must be compatible. The range is inclusive.

## Examples
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The first example counts how many transactions registered sales of either 2, 3, or 4 tickets: 

```
select count(*) from sales
where qtysold between 2 and 4;

count
--------
104021
(1 row)
```

The range condition includes the begin and end values.

```
select min(dateid), max(dateid) from sales
where dateid between 1900 and 1910;

min  | max 
-----+-----
1900 | 1910
```

The first expression in a range condition must be the lesser value and the second expression the greater value. The following example will always return zero rows due to the values of the expressions: 

```
select count(*) from sales
where qtysold between 4 and 2;

count
-------
0
(1 row)
```

However, applying the NOT modifier will invert the logic and produce a count of all rows: 

```
select count(*) from sales
where qtysold not between 4 and 2;

count
--------
172456
(1 row)
```

The following query returns a list of venues with 20000 to 50000 seats: 

```
select venueid, venuename, venueseats from venue
where venueseats between 20000 and 50000
order by venueseats desc;

venueid |       venuename               | venueseats
---------+-------------------------------+------------
116 | Busch Stadium                 |      49660
106 | Rangers BallPark in Arlington |      49115
96 | Oriole Park at Camden Yards   |      48876
...
(22 rows)
```

The following example demonstrates using BETWEEN for date values:

```
select salesid, qtysold, pricepaid, commission, saletime 
from sales 
where eventid between 1000 and 2000 
   and saletime between '2008-01-01' and '2008-01-03'
order by saletime asc;

salesid | qtysold | pricepaid | commission |   saletime
--------+---------+-----------+------------+---------------
  65082 |       4 |       472 |       70.8 | 1/1/2008 06:06
 110917 |       1 |       337 |      50.55 | 1/1/2008 07:05
 112103 |       1 |       241 |      36.15 | 1/2/2008 03:15
 137882 |       3 |      1473 |     220.95 | 1/2/2008 05:18
  40331 |       2 |        58 |        8.7 | 1/2/2008 05:57
 110918 |       3 |      1011 |     151.65 | 1/2/2008 07:17
  96274 |       1 |       104 |       15.6 | 1/2/2008 07:18
 150499 |       3 |       135 |      20.25 | 1/2/2008 07:20
  68413 |       2 |       158 |       23.7 | 1/2/2008 08:12
```

Note that although BETWEEN's range is inclusive, dates default to having a time value of 00:00:00. The only valid January 3 row for the sample query would be a row with a saletime of `1/3/2008 00:00:00`.