Question

I have a query stated:

select *
from tblClient
where IntakeDate = #5/31/2011#

I know for a fact there are 8 records that have that date. But none of records with that date are pulled by this query. Those 8 records have times as well as “short date” (e.g. “5/31/2011 1:42:00 PM”)

As a test I set the date to exactly 5/31/2011 for one record, and the query will work for that one record. Clearly the time value is interfering with this query.

I do not want to change all the date data to a strict ‘short date’ format and would like to work with it as-is. Can anyone give me some idea how I can make this work?

Answer 1

Create a condition that encompasses a single day’s time range:

select *
from tblClient
where IntakeDate >= #5/31/2011# AND < #6/1/2011#

[You could use the DateValue() function on your column, but that would prevent any index being used.]