Wait, I'm confused, are you trying to use the CF dateDiff() function, or a database's dateDiff() function? If you're using a database's, then I think you need to wrap #today# in quotes.
Thanks, Eric Cobb ECAR Technologies, LLC http://www.ecartech.com http://www.cfgears.com On 1/13/2011 1:53 PM, Eric Cobb wrote: > Is "dte_2dlcl" a column in the database? You can't execute a ColdFusion > function on a database column in a query. > > Thanks, > > Eric Cobb > ECAR Technologies, LLC > http://www.ecartech.com > http://www.cfgears.com > > > On 1/13/2011 1:41 PM, Jay Birdsell wrote: >> 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 >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
