the date string in the 255 varchar field is stored as Jul 01 2003 12:00 AM
now if I put the " convert(datetime,substring(demographicvaluedesc,1,11),101" in the select clause it will return the data correctly, how ever I need this logic in the where clause. -----Original Message----- From: DURETTE, STEVEN J (AIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL DATE CONVERSION QUESTION Without seeing the actual data being converted, my guess would be that substring 11 is the problem. IE: 06/30/2003 = 10 characters not 11. Also, could your data not prepend 0 to months and days? Such as 6/5/2003 or maybe even 6/5/03? Without knowing more about the data being processed, that is about all that I can tell you. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL DATE CONVERSION QUESTION No SQL Gurus out there? -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL DATE CONVERSION QUESTION 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
