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Rach2009
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37 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-22 : 10:29:33

Hi,

I need to write a simple query with a WHERE clause that is in the form of date=yesterday's date. Is there a simple way of doing this?

I have tried experimenting with getdate() but found two problems with this:-

-Firstly, I do not want the time part to appear at all
-Also, I need the date to appear in dmy format, as opposed to mdy

Any ideas?

Many Thanks

Rachel

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-22 : 10:40:10

[code]
where date >= dateadd(day, datediff(day, 0, getdate()), -1)
and date < dateadd(day, datediff(day, 0, getdate()), 0)
[/code]

KH
[spoiler]Time is always against us[/spoiler]

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-22 : 10:47:27

quote:
Originally posted by Rach2009

Hi,

I need to write a simple query with a WHERE clause that is in the form of date=yesterday's date. Is there a simple way of doing this?

I have tried experimenting with getdate() but found two problems with this:-

-Firstly, I do not want the time part to appear at all
-Also, I need the date to appear in dmy format, as opposed to mdy

Any ideas?

Many Thanks

Rachel

thats a formatting issue. you need to use formatting functions available at your front end for that. Just retrieve it as it is stored in table and do formatting at front end

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SQL Server MVP
http://visakhm.blogspot.com/

Rach2009
Starting Member

37 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-23 : 04:13:28

Many thanks to both!

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-23 : 09:31:38

welcome

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SQL Server MVP
http://visakhm.blogspot.com/

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