How to format a datetime field?

Hi,
I have a datetime field SDate with a value '1/1/02'. I want to display it
as 01/01/2002 in a view. So I use this statement:
SELECT CONVERT(datetime, SDate,101) from Table1.
But it still display it as 1/1/02. The Help says 101 will display yyyy if I
use it with CONVERT.
Thanks.declare @.t datetime
set @.t=getdate()
select convert(char(10),@.t,101)
"Chrissi" <anubisofthydeath@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a datetime field SDate with a value '1/1/02'. I want to display it
> as 01/01/2002 in a view. So I use this statement:
> SELECT CONVERT(datetime, SDate,101) from Table1.
> But it still display it as 1/1/02. The Help says 101 will display yyyy if
> I use it with CONVERT.
> Thanks.
>
>|||Thanks a lot. I replaced datetime with char(10) and it works.
"Farmer" <someone@.somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> declare @.t datetime
> set @.t=getdate()
> select convert(char(10),@.t,101)
>
> "Chrissi" <anubisofthydeath@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OYpFl5yUFHA.548@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>|||Note of course that when you format it this way that it is no longer a date
value, it is a character value. May not be a problem for you, but it could
be confusing in how it gets used by a client program. and if you want to
sort by it, since it will sort on month first (assuming you are American!)
then day, then year.
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Louis Davidson - http://spaces.msn.com/members/drsql/
SQL Server MVP
"Chrissi" <anubisofthydeath@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks a lot. I replaced datetime with char(10) and it works.
> "Farmer" <someone@.somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:eRMn27yUFHA.548@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>|||I think the best way, on the backend and on the client application is to
store the value in ISO format, so you need not mess up with cutting the
time, formatting from one pattern to another.
Just my two pence and experience within projects.
Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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> Note of course that when you format it this way that it is no longer a
> date value, it is a character value. May not be a problem for you, but it
> could be confusing in how it gets used by a client program. and if you
> want to sort by it, since it will sort on month first (assuming you are
> American!) then day, then year.
> --
> ----
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> Louis Davidson - http://spaces.msn.com/members/drsql/
> SQL Server MVP
>
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>

how to form query?

i am using this statement
select dateadd(dd,1,20010331)
and it's throwing an error
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
what's wrong?sql server wants to have date strings, not integers

select dateadd(dd,1,'2001-03-31')|||i am using this statement

select dateadd(dd,1,20010331)


and it's throwing an error

Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.

what's wrong?You're missing quotes:

select dateadd(dd,1,'20010331')

How to find out the PK from a table?

Dear all experts,

I need to find out some property of a tableAs following sql statement:
select mtable.name,mcolumn.name,mtype.name,mcolumn.is_identity
from sys.tables mtable, sys.all_columns mcolumn, sys.types mtype
where mcolumn.object_id = mtable.object_id
and mcolumn.system_type_id = mtype.system_type_id
and mtable.name in ('TestTable')
order by mtable.name,mcolumn.column_id

But there is no PK information.
Follwing sql statement shows the PK name of a table, but no composite info(which fields):
select mtable.name,mkey.name
from sys.key_constraints mkey, sys.tables mtable
where mkey.parent_object_id = mtable.object_id
and mkey.type = 'PK'
and mkey.name like 'TestTable'

How can I find which fields are PK in a table?thanks...
-Winson

try using

sp_pkeys 'tablename'

|||

And I try to write another way as follow:

select mtable.name as tablename,mcolumn.name as fieldname,mtype.name as fieldtype,mcolumn.is_identity,mindex.index_id as is_pk
from sys.tables mtable inner join sys.all_columns mcolumn on mtable.object_id = mcolumn.object_id
inner join sys.types mtype on mcolumn.system_type_id = mtype.system_type_id
left join sys.index_columns mindex on mcolumn.object_id = mindex.object_id and mcolumn.column_id = mindex.column_id
where mtable.name in ('TestTable')
order by mtable.name,mcolumn.column_id,mindex.key_ordinal

|||You can also query the system view INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where CONSTRAIN_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' joining on the table name.|||

Also, take a look at

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345522.aspx#_FAQ16