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nguyenl
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2009-03-06 : 11:21:43
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| Hi,I have a "date" column. There is a bad date in this column which is causing my scripts to fail. It is either not in this format mm/dd/yyyy or it has a "letter" in the month, day, or year field. Is there a good way to find the offending record? I have over 3 million records to search.Thanks |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
7020 Posts |
Posted - 2009-03-06 : 11:26:09
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| [code]where isdate(MyDateColumn) <> 1 or isdate(MyDateColumn) is null[/code]CODO ERGO SUM |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2009-03-07 : 13:20:25
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| also you need to use LEN(MyDateColumn)>8 if you're looking for dd/mm/yyyy ... formats. ISDATE() is not fully reliable. it returns 1 even for year alone values. |
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