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                                         dimple 
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                                            | Hi teamI have been facing an issue of MSG 257"Msg 257, Level 16, State 3, Line 1Implicit conversion from data type varchar to timestamp is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query."I have to fetch certain data by executing this query Select * from <tablenamexyz> where columnnameabc  = '0000000%XYZ110.2'kindly sugest me which convert function should I use to resolve this issue. | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     visakh16 
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                                            Posted - 2013-03-13 : 04:26:23
                                          
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                                          | where convert(varchar(32),columnnameabc) like '0000000%XYZ110.2'------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/  | 
                                         
                                        
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