Ah yes - now I remember.

Convert does fix that for you - but was only available in 4.0+.

At leats now I remember, even tho' I was no help ;o)

Mark

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:51:08 +1000, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Found one
> 
> CONVERT(date_format(repeat_end_date,'%Y%m'), CHAR) as dateGroup
> 
> It has to come out of mySQL as a string, not a date
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Mandel
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: CFAussie Mailing List
> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: mySQL headache
> 
> Yeah, I remember that happening to me when I was using 3.* of mySQL.
> 
> I thought it was fixed in 4.*, but I guess I was wrong.
> 
> No solution as far as I could see.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:14:00 +1000, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can someone tell me why when I use a date function in mySQL, coldfusion looks at 
> > the value as a binary value?  Its driving me
> mental
> >
> > Something as simple as
> >
> > date_format(repeat_end_date,'%Y%m') as dateGroup
> >
> > returns a binary value and as such I cant use it as a date
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Am running CFMX6.1 and mySQL 4.0.15
> >
> > Regards
> > Steve Onnis
> >
> 
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