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mani_1234
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  06:41:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i have table struct like this
create table #t
( a datetime )
a
--------------------------------------------
2012-10-04 15:33:27.560
2012-10-04 15:33:30.613
2012-10-04 15:33:32.800
2012-10-05 15:33:40.327
2012-10-04 15:39:57.433
2012-10-04 15:41:30.997

following are the queries ..
1.select * from #t
where CONVERT(varchar(10),a,120) ='2012-10-04'
2.select * from #t
where a like '2012-10-04%'
query 1 returns the correct ans. bt 2nd query s not returing ..
Any reason for output ?

sunitabeck
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  06:49:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The reason for what you are observing is that datetime is not stored as a string in the database. The internal representation for datetime is an 8-byte float that includes the date part and time part.

If you are looking for all the rows which have the date part = 2012-10-04, query it like this:
SELECT * FROM #t
WHERE a >= '20121004' AND a < '20121005';
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DonAtWork
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  07:05:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I always liked this one: 
SELECT dateadd(dd,datediff(dd,0,getdate()),0)









How to ask: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  07:08:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by DonAtWork

I always liked this one: 
SELECT dateadd(dd,datediff(dd,0,getdate()),0)

Is it October 4th already!?! I thought that was a random date that OP picked out of thin air!!
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mani_1234
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  07:26:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ohk thnx i got the point
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DonAtWork
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Posted - 10/04/2012 :  08:54:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sunitabeck
Is it October 4th already!?! I thought that was a random date that OP picked out of thin air!!

HA! i didn't realize it was October 4th either.








How to ask: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx
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madhivanan
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Posted - 10/05/2012 :  03:08:00  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Read this series of posts for better understanding http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/70/posts/10897/understanding-datetime-column-part-i.aspx


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