Only date from datetime and "CONCAT(+)"

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Only date from datetime and "CONCAT(+)"

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phredator
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2 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-13 : 07:31:55

Hi there i have this:

CAST(CAST(FLOOR(CAST(CREATED AS FLOAT))AS DATETIME) AS varchar)+' '+CAST(SUBJECT as varchar)AS DESCRIPTION

And it returns data like this "Jun 13 2008 02:00AM My description"
I just want to get the "2008-06-13 My description"

I have the

CAST(FLOOR(CAST(CREATED AS FLOAT))AS DATETIME)

in another sql-question and that works it returns only "2008-06-13"

I think you see what im after, any ideas ?

Regards
Fredrik

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-13 : 07:33:50

SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(10), Created, 120) + ' ' + Subject AS Description
FROM Table1

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-13 : 07:35:51

may be this:-

CONVERT(varchar(11),CAST(FLOOR(CAST(CREATED AS FLOAT))AS DATETIME),121)+' '+CAST(SUBJECT as varchar(length)AS DESCRIPTION

replace length with length of your SUBJECT column. ALways make it a point to specify length while casting to varchar

phredator
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-13 : 07:41:32

quote:
Originally posted by Peso

SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(10), Created, 120) + ' ' + Subject AS Description
FROM Table1

Thanks wery much fot your extremly fast answer, it worked lika a charm, but to understand what im doing :) What does the code CONVERT(CHAR(10), Created, 120) really do ? And what is the number 120, where can i read more about this ?

Thanks alot

Regards
Fredrik

SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-13 : 07:44:51

Books Online, the SQL Server help file.

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bjoerns
Posting Yak Master

154 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-16 : 06:28:23

I also like this one:

http://databases.aspfaq.com/database/what-are-the-valid-styles-for-converting-datetime-to-string.html

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-16 : 06:53:19