Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 03/11/06 20:07

sdowney717@msn.com (sdowney717@msn.com) writes:
> SQLQuery = "SELECT distinct CONVERT(char,circdate,1) from circdata"
>
> I think I solved it
> any one see a problem with this?
> how does the '1' parameter affect the output as I know there are
> several choices

1 is a format parameter that controls how the datetime value is formatted.
You can read about these in the topic CAST and CONVERT in Books Online.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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