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coolerbob
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2008-05-21 : 11:02:42
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| I want to convert "2007-01-27 14:13:01.223" to 20070127 (an integer representing the day). I could concatenate the calls to YEAR, MONTH DAY but then I would have to cater for the possibility that MONTH or DAY may return me one char instead of two; then I'll have to pad it manually.Is there a shorter way to write such a query? |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2008-05-21 : 11:07:31
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SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16" |
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coolerbob
Aged Yak Warrior
841 Posts |
Posted - 2008-05-21 : 11:09:24
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| Thanks! I knew I'd seen it somewhere before!Just for interest sake, it looks a little bit more tricky if I wanted it the other way round 27012007. But not much:select replace(convert(char(10), @a, 105),'-','') |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2008-05-22 : 07:42:10
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| Also if you use front end application, consider formation thereMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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