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jtwork
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2008-05-16 : 04:07:08
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| declare @Mymonth as varchar(2)set @MyMonth = '0' + datepart(m,getdate())print @MyMonthwhy wont the above produce 05 just 5 |
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jen
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-05-16 : 04:16:44
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| because datepart returns int...convert it to varchar first...declare @Mymonth as varchar(2)set @MyMonth = '0' + convert(varchar(2),datepart(m,getdate()))print @MyMonth--------------------keeping it simple... |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2008-05-16 : 11:04:33
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Originally posted by jen
because datepart returns int...convert it to varchar first...declare @Mymonth as varchar(2)set @MyMonth = RIGHT('0' + convert(varchar(2),datepart(m,getdate())),2)print @MyMonth--------------------keeping it simple...
or this if you always want month in two digits i.e 10,11,12 instead of 010,011,... |
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