First of all, what kind of a database lets you store no, N/A or a date in a
date field? I find it hard to believe that you're using a date field in a
database. Seems like you're storing strings. First, you need to convert
the string to a date value. I suggest using cftry:
<cfoutput>
<cftry>
#DateFormat(CreateDate(fieldName), 'mm/dd/yyyy')#
<cfcatch type="any">#fieldName#</cfcatch>
</cftry>
</cfoutput>
-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Ng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:00 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: date field
Can you do a IsDate() on the date field first
then if true -> output DateFormat(datefield)
if false -> output datefield
Billy
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: July 24, 2001 10:59 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: date field
I have a query that returns a field that is either a date or N/A or No or
Now. I want it to output the words if there is words and if there isnt then
do a dateformat on the date. How can I do this?
Joshua
Tipton
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