> try # 1::
> select   dateDiff('d',#today#,'dte_2dlcl') as
> Results:: Error - "DateDiff invalid identifier"

If you are trying to use MS SQL's function, it does not allow quotes around the 
datepart. So it would just be:  d not 'd' (in quotes).  Also if "dte_2dlcl" is 
a column name, remove the quotes or your database will think it is a literal 
string.

ie dateDiff('d', today, 'dte_2dlcl')
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189794.aspx






-------------------------
Leigh
http://cfsearching.blogspot.com/


--- On Thu, 1/13/11, Jay Birdsell <john_birds...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jay Birdsell <john_birds...@hotmail.com>
> Subject: help w/ DateDiff() please
> To: "cf-talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 7:41 PM
> 
> The dateDiff () is killing me!  can someone please
> look at this and help me clear my head.
> 
> What I have is a db that tracks executive
> correspondence  when drafts are due and when the final
> response is due.   I need a report that will
> list any correspondence that has a draft or final date
> within 8 days of the run date (today). I've read that i
> should be able to do this right in the select statement.
> However I have found a clean concise example here is what I
> have tried so far; 
> 
> try # 1::
> <cfquery name="final8" datasource="dev11g" >
>            
> select   dateDiff('d',#today#,'dte_2dlcl') as
> m
>             from
> execcoresp000
>             </cfquery>
> 
> Results:: Error - "DateDiff invalid identifier"
> 
> try# 2 
> 
> <cfquery name="final8" datasource="dev11g" >
>            
> select   dateDiff('d',#today#,'dte_2dlcl') as
> m
>             from
> execcoresp000 
>             where m < 8
>             </cfquery>
> Results:  Error M invalid identifier
> 
> try # 3
>          <cfquery
> name="final8" datasource="dev11g" >
>             select 
> dte_2dlcl  
>             from
> execcoresp000.correspondence 
>             where
> dateDiff('d',#today#,'dte_2dlcl')< 8
>             </cfquery>
> Results: Error - "DateDiff invalid identifier"
> 
> 
> The other error i tend to get is "Missing right
> parenthese"
> 
> i really dont want to get in a bunch of nested loops to do
> this.  any ideas?
> 
> tia,
> 
> jbird 
> 
> 

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