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saiabhiram
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 Posted - 2010-05-12 : 17:19:22
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| Hello,I have a field called start_date with a value 2004-10-28. The start date is being pulled from a flat file with a datatype DT_STR. I need to put this in a field Start_dt in DB with datatype datetime.what expression should I be using in the derived column.Thanks so much in Advance |
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malpashaa
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2010-05-12 : 17:25:22
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UseCAST(start_date AS DATETIME) |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2010-05-13 : 10:32:19
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| (DT_DBDATE)(DT_WSTR,30)yourdatefield------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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Casting DT_STR to Datetime