OMG, I cant type.
If the date portion of the string is always in the same position within
the main string then use the substring command.
I feel much better.
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If the date fields are always in the same position within the string then
use the subtring command.
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The field actually holds different kids of data based on the record type.
I am only select records that will contain a date
-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: SQL conversion question for SQL Guru
Eric Creese wrote:
> 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.
Only a date, or other information as well?
> 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()
Which DBMS?
Jochem
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