Sql function formats

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'FORMAT' is not a recognized built-in function name.

 string queryStr = "SELECT Category,ItemID,FORMAT(DateFrom 'dd/MM/yyyy'), FORMAT(DateTo, 'dd/MM/yyyy'), FROM Donation Order By ItemID,Category ";

Posted 8-Feb-14 5:24am

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Andrius Leonavicius · Answer 1 · 2014-02-08T05:29:00

Hi,

Use Convert function instead. Format function is not a valid function here.

Your code should look something like this:

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string queryStr = "SELECT Category,ItemID,CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DateFrom, 103), CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DateTo, 103), FROM Donation Order By ItemID,Category ";

Value 103 means format to dd/mm/yyyy. More information here: SQL Server CONVERT() Function[^]

joginder-banger · Answer 2 · 2014-02-08T05:45:00

Solution 2

try this it's may be help,

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string queryStr = "SELECT Category,ItemID,'" + Convert.ToDateTime("'columnName'").ToShortDateString() + "','" + Convert.ToDateTime("'anotherColumnName'").ToShortDateString() + "' FROM Donation Order By ItemID,Category ";

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Posted 8-Feb-14 5:45am

joginder-banger