sql server - SQL - Search table for last day of each month in date range and output data? -

i have 2 tables:

ticket_report ticket_report_snapshot 

the ticket_report_snapshot table exact copy of ticket_report table, has 1 column:

snapshot_date 

a snap shot of ticket report table taken everyday, snapshot_date being date snapshot taken.

the columns both tables have working are:

project_group, ticket_status 

i need create stored procedure takes 2 date parameters. these 2 dates, need print count of open tickets each project on last day of each month in between 2 dates passed (the last day of each month searched in snapshot_date column of ticket_report_snapshot table).

this have far:

--this query gives me last day of particular month declare @dtdate datetime set @dtdate = '1/6/2016' select dateadd(s,-1,dateadd(mm, datediff(m,0,@dtdate)+1,0)) -- ouput: 2016-01-31 23:59:59.000   select project_group project_name,  count(ticket_status) open_tickets  ticket_report_snapshot ticket_status != 'closed' , ticket_status != 'cancelled' , snapshot_date = '2016-01-06'       group project_group  --right now, output perfect 1 date, hard coded in --output:  project_name    open_tickets project 1       77 project 2       5 project 3       118 project 4       22     --i need kind of output, last project 5       1      --day of each month between 2 parameters project 6       2      --instead of 1 date project 7       1 

so have 2 queries far, 1 give me last day of particular month, , 1 show me open tickets 1 particular hard coded date.

how can edit/combine these queries use 2 date parameters, , give me open tickets each project last day of every month in between 2 date ranges?

ex. 1/1/2016 , 3/3/2016 (1/31, 2/29, 3/31, these 3 dates searched in ticket_report_snapshot table, in snapshot_date column)

you can use recursive cte dates , join snapshot table cte

declare @startdate datetime = '2016-01-01',     @enddate datetime = '2016-03-03';  datecte  (     select    eomonth(@startdate) snapshot_date     union     select    eomonth(dateadd(month,1,snapshot_date))          datecte         eomonth(dateadd(month,1,snapshot_date)) <= eomonth(@enddate) ) select  project_group project_name,         trs.snapshot_date,         count(ticket_status) open_tickets    ticket_report_snapshot trs         inner join datecte cte on trs.snapshot_date = cte.snapshot_date   ticket_status != 'closed'         , ticket_status != 'cancelled' group project_group,         trs.snapshot_date  

you can use if still using sql server 2008

declare @startdate datetime = '2016-01-01',         @enddate datetime = '2016-03-03';  datecte  (     select    dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm,datediff(m,0,@startdate) + 1,0)) snapshot_date     union     select    dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm,datediff(m,0,dateadd(month,1,snapshot_date)) + 1,0))          datecte         dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm,datediff(m,0,dateadd(month,1,snapshot_date)) + 1,0)) <= dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(mm,datediff(m,0,@enddate) + 1,0)) ) select  project_group project_name,         trs.snapshot_date,         count(ticket_status) open_tickets    ticket_report_snapshot trs         inner join datecte cte on trs.snapshot_date = cte.snapshot_date   ticket_status != 'closed'         , ticket_status != 'cancelled' group project_group,         trs.snapshot_date