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Huascar82
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Posted - 2007-12-04 : 09:42:56
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Hi everyone.So as the subject says, I have a few fields that are nvarchar but hold date information. Most of these fields I have been able to move to datetime easiliy enough, simply by going into edit mode for the table and converting the fields to datetime. But 1 field is giving me problems I keep getting this error. quote: - Unable to modify table. Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.The statement has been terminated.
I really dont know why I'm getting this error, but I"m assuming it may have to be something like one of the records may not be in date format. But I don't know if this is the case and I don't know how to locate where my problem is coming from.Any guidance is greatly appreciated.Thanks. |
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2007-12-04 : 09:44:31
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Check which records are creating problem by:Select col from table where isdate(col) = 0 Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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Huascar82
Starting Member
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Posted - 2007-12-04 : 13:50:30
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| OMG. That was so easy. Thanks a lot for that harsh. It absolutely did the trick.Once again, thank you. |
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