Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? If I use the convert statement in the select clause instead of the where clause it works but I need to convert from the where clause against my criteria.
-----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL DATE CONVERSION QUESTION I am trying to query on a field that is a varchar(255) but has date information. I get the following error: Server: Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Syntax error converting datetime from character string. My query: select personid from persondemographic where convert(datetime,substring(demographicvaluedesc,1,11),101)> '06/30/2003' and demographicgroupid =4 and demographicitemid = 4 and demographicvaluedesc is not null ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
