for some dates I got 06/12/2003 and others JUN 12 2003 I did not design this merely walking into a previous mess.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SQL conversion question for SQL Guru How does the data in that column look like? ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Creese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:34 pm Subject: SQL conversion question for SQL Guru > I have a query I am trying to run to get a particular record out > of the database. The problem is that one of the fields is > a varchar 255 field that houses a date. I want to convert the date > so I can find out if it is greater than getdate(). I run the following > code and generate this conversion error message: > > Server: Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 > Syntax error converting datetime from character string. > > > select distinct personid > from persondemographic > where demographicgroupid =4 > and demographicitemid =4 > and convert(datetime, demographicvaluedesc) > getdate() > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
