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ams006
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2009-03-02 : 10:19:55
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| Hi All, I have a field which records the duration of a phone call and want to convert it to show in seconds in the results. Any ideas?Cheers |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2009-03-02 : 10:38:00
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| whats the datatype of duration field? |
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Transact Charlie
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2009-03-02 : 10:40:00
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| how is the data stored?Charlie===============================================================Msg 3903, Level 16, State 1, Line 1736The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2009-03-02 : 10:46:41
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| if its of varchar format like '10:30:44'. then use likeLEFT(Col,CHARINDEX(':',Col)-1)*3600 + SUBSTRING(Col,CHARINDEX(':',Col)+1,2) * 60 + RIGHT(Col,2)*1 |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2009-03-02 : 10:53:06
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convert duration field into minutes