Question

I have a DOB column in a table that is currently in use. See below.

I want to select just the Year from that DOB and display that on a Listbox (or any appropriate interface on a page). We are not using SPs. So I will probably coding SQL directly from the page or using SQL datasource. Using LINQ is alright if that can be done in it.

So please someone suggests me how this can be done.

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

SELECT DISTINCT Year(DateOfBirth) AS Year FROM MyTable ORDER BY Year

By including the DISTINCT keyword you will prevent duplicates in your list and by adding the ORDER BY clause the years will be sorted ascending. You can then bind the result to your listbox.