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Newbie "YEAR" question

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scottpaul4000
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 13:02:55

When I run this it returns data correctly
select *
from toc t inner join td8 d
on t.tocid = d.tocid
where t.parentid = 406623 and YEAR(d.date) = 2005

When I run this:
Begin
Update td8
set td8.year = '2005'
from toc t inner join td8 d
on t.tocid = d.tocid
where t.parentid = 406623 and YEAR(d.date) = 2005

I get the following message:
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 6
Line 6: Incorrect syntax near '2005'.

I'm guessing the year and date fields and year and date functions are causing the problems but I'm just guessing. Anyone got advise for the new guy?

dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2507 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 13:03:58

Remove the quotes around 2005.You need quotes for strings not numeric values.

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scottpaul4000
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 13:23:46

Actually TD8.Year is a string field. (don't ask why, it's along story)
I tried removing the quotes anyway and got the same results.

dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2507 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 13:26:10

And what is the datatype for d.date?

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scottpaul4000
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 13:46:41

Datetime

scottpaul4000
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 14:01:47

Here's the problem, I'm an idiot. The first line was supposed to be BEGIN TRAN not Begin. What it was expecting was End.
Thanks for the help though. I appreciate it.

dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2507 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-29 : 15:18:08

ahh..

Dinakar Nethi
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************************
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