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                                         Brittney10 
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                                             Posted - 2012-07-04 : 19:09:56
                                            
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                                            | I'm receiving a string column that is in the following format: 201202.06. I need to be able to take that string and format it to look like MM/YY.  Any help is appreciated! | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     visakh16 
                                    Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2012-07-04 : 19:20:50
                                          
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                                          | use a derived column transformation and inside it use a expression like SUBSTRING(DateField,5,2) + "/" + SUBSTRING(DateField,3,2)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     Brittney10 
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                                            Posted - 2012-07-04 : 19:42:37
                                          
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                                          | Works perfect. Thanks!!!  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     visakh16 
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                                            Posted - 2012-07-04 : 20:01:18
                                          
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                                          | welcome------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/  | 
                                         
                                        
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