SELECT Count(orders.orderid) AS OrderCount FROM orders WHERE ((orders.orderdate) Between #10/1/2006# And #10/31/2006#);
SELECT orders.orderreason, Count(orders.orderreason) AS ReasonCount FROM orders WHERE ((orders.orderdate) Between #10/1/2006# And #10/31/2006#) GROUP BY orders.orderreason
ORDER BY Count(orders.orderreason) DESC;
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_between.asp