Question

i have using aqua data studio to run my query from sql server 2005. The error show when i run my sql.
This is my sql

select TO_CHAR(entered,'DD/MM/YYYY') AS DATE_D  from customer

Answer 1

Maybe something like this:

select 
  convert(varchar(10),entered,103) AS DATE_D 
from 
  customer

This will get you the format dd/mm/yyyy. For other date format see this link

EDIT

If you want a parameter for date. Then it dependes on if you want to do the comparisen on the date or the converted varchar. Here is too examples:

DECLARE @DATE_D VARCHAR(20)
SET @DATE_D='01-01-2011'

SELECT
    *
FROM
(
    select 
        convert(varchar,entered,103) AS DATE_D,
        customer.entered
    from 
        customer 
) as T
WHERE T.DATE_D=@DATE_D

Or with datetime like this:

DECLARE @DATE_D DATETIME
SET @DATE_D='2011-01-01'

select 
    convert(varchar,entered,103) AS DATE_D,
    customer.entered
from 
    customer 
WHERE
    customer.entered=@DATE_D