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sajis79
Starting Member
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Posted - 2005-05-25 : 00:49:11
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| HOW TO INSERT DATE IN DD-MM-YYYY FORMAT?HOW TO RETRIVE DATE IN DD-MM-YYYY FORMAT?I AM USING SQL SERVER 2000 |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2005-05-25 : 01:47:00
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| set dateformat dmydeclare @t table(d datetime)insert into @t values('12-05-2005')select convert(varchar(20),d,105) from @tMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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DonAtWork
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2167 Posts |
Posted - 2005-05-25 : 09:50:34
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nonononononoinsert the dang date.return the dang date.LET THE CLIENT FORMAT IT!!!!!11!!!!1!!!!!!eleventyone!! *need more coffee* |
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_Raclede_
Starting Member
3 Posts |
Posted - 2005-05-25 : 20:49:43
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quote: Originally posted by DonAtWork nonononononoinsert the dang date.return the dang date.
madhivanan answer was correct.. it will give a DD-MM-YYYY FORMAT.. |
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jsmith8858
Dr. Cross Join
7423 Posts |
Posted - 2005-05-25 : 22:05:39
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| >>madhivanan answer was correctActually, Don is correct. Don't do you formatting with SQL Server. Ever. That date value is now a VARCHAR being returned. Your database layer should return values not formatted text strings.- Jeff |
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