minimay (5/6/2015)
Im not trying to solve anything Im trying to figure out how to do this for future reference
Dealing with dates in sql is a topic that many people don't understand and as a result they create very poor performing queries, or queries that simply don't work. I would recommend changing your query to something more like this. Aside from the difference in evaluating the date also notice that I specified the size of your varchar. If you don't do this it will be the default length. This default changes based on how it is used. In your case it would be 30 but in other cases it will be 1.
Declare @Julycount int
Select @Julycount = Count(*)
From orders
Where OrderDate >= '2015-07-01'
and OrderDate < '2015-0801'
print 'The total orders for july is ' + Cast(@JulyCount as varchar(4))
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