Question

i want to query a table according to a particular date, but the problem is the datatype of that field is datetime

select  * from  Supplier  where modified_Date='2011-05-07 12:52:16.830' 

this query is returning result

but

 select  * from  Supplier  where modified_Date='2011-05-07' 

there is no result

Answer 1

SQL Server 2008 has a DATE data type. You can cast your DATETIME to DATE and perform the comparison.

SELECT *
FROM   Supplier
WHERE  CAST(Modified_Date AS DATE) = '2011-05-07'

Reference: DateTime TransactSQL