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Sun Foster
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2007-10-26 : 16:34:25
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| I stored date data in varchar type.How to sort them?If I sort desc, '2/15/2007' is before '09/06/2007' which is wrong. |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2007-10-26 : 16:35:09
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| Convert it to datetime then sort.Or fix your data so that your dates can be sorted via varchar. This would mean using two-digit months and days and four-digit years. mm/dd/yyyyTara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/ |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2007-10-26 : 17:23:13
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| "I stored date data in varchar type"Simple answer is "Don't". There are very few reasons why storing a date in anyothing other than a datetime datatype is useful.Kristen |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2007-10-29 : 01:27:33
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Originally posted by Sun Foster
I stored date data in varchar type.How to sort them?If I sort desc, '2/15/2007' is before '09/06/2007' which is wrong.
Why did you use varchar datatype to store date values?MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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How to sort string of date?