I've just started using SQL Server and I'm having problems trying to trunc dates. In my application I have a table with information about calls and I need to group them by hour, day, month and year, and I would like to do it exactly in the same way that PostgreSQL or Oracle do, for example:
trunc(to_date('22-AUG-03'), 'YEAR') would return '01-JAN-03'
trunc(to_date('22-AUG-03'), 'MONTH') would return '01-AUG-03'
I need to store that grouped information in another table, so I'm trying to get for example:
22-AUG-03 01:00:00,
22-AUG-03 02:00:00 for hours,
22-AUG-03 00:00:00
23-AUG-03 00:00:00 for days and so on...
I'm trying to use convert function but I cant get the information in the way I need it.
Any kind of help will be apreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
Hi all, having a little problem with saving dates to sql databaseI've got the CreatedOn field in the table set to datetime type, but every time i try and run it i get an error kicked up Error "The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value.The statement has been terminated."I've tried researching it but not been able to find something similar. Heres the code: DateTime createOn = DateTime.Now;string sSQLStatement = "INSERT INTO Index (Name, Description, Creator,CreatedOn) values ('" + name + "','" + description + "','" + userName + "','" + createOn + "')"; Any help would be much appreciated
I am trying to drag data from Informix to Sql Server. When I kick off the package using an OLE DB Source and a SQL Server Destination, I get DT_DBDATE to DT_DBTIMESTAMP errors on two fields from Informix which are date data ....no timestamp part
I tried a couple of things:
Created a view of the Informix table where I cast the date fields as datetime year to fraction(5), which failed.
Altered the view to convert the date fields to char(10) with the hopes that SQL Server would implicitly cast them as datetime but it failed.
First time poster... Alright this is what I got...I am running MSSQL server 2000. I have already restored a copy of the production db to our test sql server.
What I need to do is run some update scripts (from 3rd party vendor, going to newer version of their product). The database is about 60Gb and I filled up the transaction log (causing later updates to fail) while running one of their scripts that executed 194 routines of:
alter table Table_Name add New_Column int GO EXEC sp_bindefault mg_zero_dflt, [Table_Name.New_Column] GO update Table_Name set New_Column=1 GO
Will "sp_dboption 'dbname' 'trunc. log on chkpt' 'TRUE' " automatically truncate the transaction log when approaching the transaction log file limit while running these update scripts. Then when the updates are complete go ahead and "sp_dboption 'dbname' 'trunc. log on chkpt' 'FALSE' "
I'm not worried about logging the transactions during this process, I just don't want to have the transaction log fill up while running these scripts causing it to error out.
Or is there a way to make those changes using bcp?
"DUMP TRANsaction is not allowed while the trunc. log on chkpt. option is enabled: use DUMP DATABASE, or disable the option with sp_dboption. (Message 4208)"
on the scheduled task as follow
DUMP TRANSACTION TASS_DATA TO tass_log_dump WITH NOUNLOAD , STATS = 10, INIT , NOSKIP
I just created a DB , & ran sp_dboption , it showed me that the trunc. log on chkpt. is true .....
What if i set the recovery model of this DB to full , would I be able to recover the DB to a specific point in time , or since trunc. log on chkpt. is true.. I would not be able to collec the transaction log backups ???
Cant understand this concept , need some link to read this stuff ....
OUr end-users will be accessing data through a SQL view through third party applications. Ex. Access, Excel, Crystal Reports. All the date fields need to only have 'Data' XX/XX/XXXX, not datetime. Since SQL Server only stores the data as datetime, I convert the data in the proper format in the Create view statement. The only problem is that the data is now a text (varchar(10) field in which sorting through these third party applications causes issues. Ex. 01/05/2000 comes before 02/02/1999 because it sorts on the first characters. Is there a way in SQL to store the data as a Date only or any other suggestions.
hello there. i have a databse with a datetime Filed and i want to find all records of the month on the datetie filed. how can i do it. i was using this but it does not work
SELECT * FROM laconexion.lc_members WHERE (baja = MONTH(GETDATE()))
Can someone confirm that setting a db to use the simple recovery model in sql server 2000 is the same as setting a db to user trunc. log on checkpt. and select into/bulk copy on sql server 7?
I keep getting the following error message but I don't see what's wrong with my code
Server Error in '/Admin' Application.
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.The statement has been terminated. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.The statement has been terminated.Source Error:
Line 147:cmdSql.Parameters.Add("@event_active","1") Line 148: Line 149:cmdSql.ExecuteNonQuery() Line 150: Line 151:pnlForm.Visible = FalseSource File: c:hostingwebhost4lifememberNYACOAadmincalendar.aspx Line: 149 Stack Trace:
dear friends.................. i have a table like below.. name date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ anbumani 2/18/2008 4:15:56 PM anbumani 2/18/2008 4:21:29 PM anbumani 2/18/2008 4:23:03 PM anbumani 2/18/2008 4:25:25 PM i want a out put as only time (ex : 4:15:56 PM 4:21:29 PM 4:23:03 PM ) give me the stored procedure code in sql server 2005.. thanks and regards Samuel Chandradoss . J
Trying to extract the time portion from a datetime field. ex 7:15:12 AM from 1/1/2008 7:15:12 aM This is what I tried and neither functions give me the results I want.... SELECT DueTime, CONVERT(varchar, DueDate, 108) AS Expr1, SUBSTRING(CAST(DueDate AS varchar), 10, LEN(DueDate)) AS Expr2, CAST(DueDate AS varchar) AS Expr3FROM TODO Due Time Expr1 Expr2 Expr3 1/1/2008 5:15:00 PM 00:00:00 12:00:00 AM Jan 1 2008 12:00:00 AM It seems Cast(DueDate as varchar) is the problem it converts the time to the default 12:00:00 AM In the above example I want 5:15:00 PM
Here is my nightmare!! : I have 3 database tables. ( START, STOP, TICK )START ( Start_ID, Start_Time )STOP ( Stop_ID, Stop_Time )TICK ( Tick_ID, Tick_Time ) I have 3 records in each tables with the time fields being in datetime format. What I want to accomplish: I want to compare Tick_Time to see if it is between Start_Time and Stop_Time. ie. IF Tick_Time > Start_Time AND Tick_Time < Stop_Time THEN that Tick_Time.colour = Green elseTick_Time.colour = Red Can datetime fields be easily compared like I have shown above? Else can anyone give me an idea of howwwww Thanks and any help is appreciated
Hi, I have used smalldatetime datatype to store my date and time values. i want to store just the date or time but the problem is it stores both the date and time. For eg, if i add the the date 03/11/2004, it also the stores the current time automatically. so the new value will be something like 03/11/2004 10:00:00 AM where i want just 03/11/2004. further problem is even though i managed to store just the date like 03/11/2004 in the database, whole date and time shows up when i display it in my pages.
Hi! Can anyone tell me how to perform a substring operation on a DateTime field. I'm using SQLServer. I have read that you may have to use casts but I have thus far been unable to get that to work. My statement: SELECT EventDate FROM tblEvent WHERE Category = 'GE'; I just want to cut the hours, minutes and seconds off, so that I am left with just the date element. Thanks all. Gren
I was wondering if someone could help me here with some reporting I'm trying to do. For website visits, I currently use getdate() to have SQL insert the date and time of the visit in the table. I was wondering, is there a way to grab just the month from the field? I would like to chart this and I need to group the visits by month. I'm not sure how I would go about filtering just the month out of the entire date and time fields.
Hello, I would appreciate any suggestions I've got a datetime field that I'd like to store as just the date without the time component, but still to keep it defined as a datetime field. I ran this update statement but this conversion isn't working. Conversion to char gives me what I want but I need to keep the field as a date datatype if possible. Thanks :)
update <table> set <column>=convert(datetime,convert(char(10),hire_date,101)) )
I have a table with datetime field in SQL server 7.0 I have inserted values into datetime field for eg: '10/10/99' '10/10/99 10:30 AM' '11/10/99 11:50 PM' When I view this table from enterprise manager, values are shown exactly in the same format I have entered. But, When I run the query from Query Analyzer, It always shows values in the following format '1999-10-10 00:00:00.000'
Is there a way that I can see the values in the same format I have entered.
I've got a table with the following fields and data types
ProjIDint StatusDatedatetime ProjStatusvarchar(1)
I want to put a unique index on the fields above, each ProjID can only have one ProjStatus on a given StatusDate (dd/mm/yyyy) , but because of the milliseconds in the date time it's not happening. Any suggestions on how I can get around this.
