select datepart(Year, dev_time) as Year,
datepart(Month, dev_time) as Month,
datepart(Day, dev_time) as Day,
datepart(Hour, dev_time) as Hour,
count(tdm_msg) as Total_Incoming_Vehicles
from TCKT_ACT
where tdm_msg = ‘4162′ and dev_time >= DATEADD(day, – 1, GETDATE())
group by datepart(Year, dev_time) ,
datepart(Month, dev_time) ,
datepart(Day, dev_time),
datepart(Hour, dev_time)
order by datepart(Year, dev_time) asc,
datepart(Month, dev_time) asc,
datepart(Day, dev_time) asc,
datepart(Hour, dev_time) asc

Function:

Create Function [dbo].[DayOfWeek](@dtDate Datetime)
Returns Varchar(10)
AS
Begin
Declare @rtDayofWeek varchar(10)
Declare @weekDay INT
Set @WeekDay=((DatePart(dw,@dtDate)+@@DateFIRST-7)%7)
Select @rtDayofWeek=Case @weekDay
when 0 then ‘Saturday’
WHEN 1 THEN ‘Sunday’
WHEN 2 THEN ‘Monday’
WHEN 3 THEN ‘Tuesday’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘Wednesday’
WHEN 5 Then ‘Thursday’
when 6 Then ‘Friday’

End
return(@rtDayofWeek)
End

Create a Temp Table with Column
EntryDate DateTime
DayName Varchar(12)

Populate the Table with date values as follows
Declare @day_index datetime
Select @day_index=’1-Jan-2008′
Declare @index int
select @index=1
while @index < 365
begin
insert into dbo.TempDatetbl
Select @day_index, dbo.DayOfWeek(@day_index)
SELECT @day_index=DATEADD(day, 1, @day_index)
Select @index=@index+1
end

The above statements will insert the date values and corresponding day value.

Normalize your IOData table to contain id,Entrydate,gatename

Create a Table for Employee as id and name as Columns

Now Query using the all the three tables to get the output(Emp Table,IOData Table and TempDatetbl)

i have a problem.
i have a table named IOData.Fields are
name ,id,date ,gatename.
i have to find absent names,dates excluding weekends for all employees for a month group by name. anyone pls help me

regards
sarika