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sent_sara
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
377 Posts |
 Posted - 2008-03-05 : 02:40:34
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| can any one help how to convert the 20070701( varchar data type)to 'JUL-07' |
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2008-03-05 : 02:48:02
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| Use the front end you are displaying this in to do the conversion. |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2008-03-05 : 03:21:41
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| 1 Always use proper DATETIME datatype to store dates2 Let your front end application do the formationMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
5581 Posts |
Posted - 2008-03-05 : 03:51:20
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| [code]declare @a varchar(10)set @a = '20070701'select left(datename(month, @a),3) + '-' + right(cast(year(@a) as varchar(4)),2)[/code]Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2008-03-05 : 03:54:40
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| Impli(simply)cit convertiondeclare @a varchar(10)set @a = '20070701'select left(datename(month, @a),3) + '-' + right(year(@a),2)MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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