Did you try cast (substring(demographicvaluedesc,1,11) as datetime) ? (assuming substring(demographicvaluedesc,1,11) is the datepart of your string.
Matthew Small IT Director Showstopper American Dance Championships [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-357-1847 -----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
