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AskSQLTeam
Ask SQLTeam Question
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 Posted - 2003-12-16 : 09:25:16
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| hakeem writes "Dear sir,I want to search the records between two dates. I have assigned varchar data type to the coloumn name..I have more than 2000 recores in my table..whenever the user inserts the data in a table the system date automatically stores in a table(mm/dd or d/yyyy format). When i use the query like this i am getting wrong results.select * from t1 where date1>=sdate and date1<=edate;So, please guide me in this matter.Thanks,Hakeem." |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2003-12-16 : 09:33:41
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| Why not store the data as a datetime or smalldatetime?You are probably doing a character comparison rather than a date comparison here. Try converting everything to datetime.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
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Posted - 2003-12-16 : 14:48:37
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Originally posted by AskSQLTeam
mm/dd or d/yyyy format
Well which one though?And you then need to make assumptions#1 Assume current year?#2 Assume Current Month?What you're capturing will changing in meaning a time move forward...(or backward as the case may be...)Brett8-) |
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mohdowais
Sheikh of Yak Knowledge
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Posted - 2003-12-17 : 01:13:24
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I guess he meant mm/d/yyyy format, which goes 12/8/2003, 12/9/2003, 12/10/2003, 12/11/2003...so you could say that is mm/(d or dd)/yyyy format  Well, you could cast the value to datetime for such comparisions: CAST(myValue AS Datetime), but that would just be plain inefficient. Like Tara asks, why aren't you storing the values in a datetime column?OwaisWe make a living out of what we get, but we make a life out of what we give. |
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between dates..