Excel "SUMIF" and "OR"

Trying to write onw formula that will look at a date range(column A) as a condition and sum numbers (column B) that fall in that condition. the kicker is the condition is a date range. The two formulas below work exclusively but I cannot combine them into one:

SUMIF(A2:A9,">06/30/2006",B2:B9)

SUMIF(A2:A9,"<08/01/2006",B2:B9)

What I want to say to say (in laymens terms) is

SUMIF(A2:A9,">06/30/2006" and "<08/01/2006",B2:B9)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

Why not use sum(if(...))

You can nest as many as you like.