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Is there any way of segregating data in sql, based on data-type using any query?

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INSERT INTO ##TEMP_TEST
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UNION SELECT '2014-09-28','2017-10-06','Nov  6 2014  6:11AM','Nov  6 2014  6:11AM'
GO
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[Code] ....

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--snip--
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--snip--

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Bold: I get it now. It is all automatic as MS-SQL does it automatically...

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Throw ex
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Errors in the high-level relational engine. A connection could not be made to the data source specified in the query.
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----------------------------------------
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123 123
124 124
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125 125

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Good afternoon,

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I have a stored procedure:


PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_newTransaction]



@sourceSystem varchar(50),

@txOut NUMERIC(18,0) OUTPUT

AS

insert into scn_transaction (sourceSystemName) values(@sourceSystem);

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I execute the stored proc with the following sql with an OLE DB connection manager:

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