How to Count Weekends in Any Month Using SQL Server: A Step-by-Step Guide

"In this SQL Server tutorial, we'll show you how to count the number of weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) in any given month using a simple SQL query. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this step-by-step guide will help you master date functions in SQL Server. We'll break down the query so you can easily adapt it to your own projects. Perfect for data analysts, developers, and anyone working with SQL databases. Watch now and learn how to make the most of your SQL Server skills!"


--You are working on an analytics solution for a client who wants to observe that the sales for
the current month only occurred during the weekdays.
It seems that the weekend sales must be deducted from the total sales.
Can you find the number of weekends in the current month before that?

declare @year int =2024; --specify the year you want to check
declare @month int =3; --specify the month you want to check
with dateseries AS(
select
cast(dateadd(day,n.number,datefromparts(@year,@month,1)) as date) as currentdate
from master..spt_values n
where n.type='P'
and n.number (lessthan) datediff(day, datefromparts(@year,@month,1), dateadd(month,1,datefromparts(@year,@month,1)))
)
select *
--count(*) as weekenddays
from dateseries
where datepart(weekday,currentdate) in (1,7)

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