Question

in the SqlDataSource, I have specified a SelectCommand that retrieves a date:

SelectCommand="SELECT [training_id], Convert(varchar(14),[trainingDate],101) FROM [tbl_training]"

However DateGenerated gives me a value like 11/04/2011 12:00:00 AM. How do I extract only 11/25/2011 using SelectCommand?

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Don’t specify a size, try

Convert(varchar,[trainingDate],101)

If you were to run this on SQL Server for today you would get:

Declare @datey datetime
Set @datey = GETDATE()
Select CONVERT(varchar, @datey, 101) as [DateOnly]

Result:
11/04/2011

Its also worthwhile to note in SQL Server Denali all these magic numbers for formatting will go away with the new FORMAT() function