I don't know why my company did this, but dates are being stored in a char field within our database. Meanwhile, I've been setting up new pages using datetime.
That's just a little back story. My question is, is it possible to change the format of all dates in the table from yyyy/MM/dd to MM/dd/yyyy in the char field? I'm just trying to think of an easier way to change a thousand or so records instead of doing it manually.
I'm totally new at SQL Server, I'm sorry if this question looks very simple, but I just don't know how to change the datetime value in a field on my database.
I'm working in vb.net and I have a datetime field in sql server, I can store date values passing this value:
DatePick.Value.ToString("s")
dates are saved fine, but if want to make this query:
Select * from backlog where date1>=isdate('21/02/2006') order by date1 asc
I get all the values from that field, no filter is done. Date are shown like this 2004-05-23 14:25:10.000 in the query.
What do I have to do ? do I have to change the date format of my field to ISO 8601 ? how ? do I use a script or what ???????
Please remeber that my sql script should be done from vb.
To be able to tell the Period number ([PD]) to change from an integer to a var_char so that it can be concatenated with the Fiscal Year. I.e. Fiscal Year || Period number to produce the following results.
2006 01
2006 02
2006 03
Etc……
Status of Problem:
The issue is that I can only get it done to the point to where the Fiscal Year || Period number yields the following results:
20061
200610
200611
200612
20062
Etc….
This is as issue since I am trying to get all the information from the past to a certain year and period. Using a filter that says
Fiscal Year + Period Number <= ?Prompt_Fiscal_Year? + ?Prompt_Period_Number?
So if I enter Year: 2007 Period 3
I should get:
2006 01
2006 02
2006 03
Etc…….
2006 11
2006 12
2007 01
2007 02
2007 03
Can you please let me know if my thinking is off or if my SQL is wrong, Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
hi Experts,what is the purpose writing a date in the following format:where x.event_date >= {ts '1980-01-01 00:00:00'}versus like this:where x.event_date >= '1980-01-01 00:00:00'what benifit does it add to later form of writing?Thanks in advance.schal.
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and when I run, the insert command I get the next error: Syntax error converting datetime from character string.
The date is taken from a standar DateTime Picker control from Visual Studio 2003 and I can't change the regional settings on the computers (that's not an option)
What can I do to fix the problem and be able to insert the date in any format?
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For example:
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When i use the following code (=Fields!dateend.Value - Fields!DateStart.Value) i get 2.11:40:03 which i can easily understand, but the customer wants it as above!
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