datetime type for debugging store procedure

Some of the pass-in parameters in my store procedure are datetime
type. I have tried to enter parameters in the debug window in the
QueryAnalyzer, but everytime it came back with error
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast
specification
The parameters I have tried are:
1/1/1998
'1/1/1998'
#1/1/1998#
What should I enter in the debug window for the datetime?
Thanks,
AlanTry '19980101'
Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"Alan" <alan_test@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Some of the pass-in parameters in my store procedure are datetime
> type. I have tried to enter parameters in the debug window in the
> QueryAnalyzer, but everytime it came back with error
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast
> specification
> The parameters I have tried are:
> 1/1/1998
> '1/1/1998'
> #1/1/1998#
> What should I enter in the debug window for the datetime?
> Thanks,
> Alan|||Thanks for reply, but I just tried both
'19980101'
19980101
It came back with same error message.
Alan
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:24:41 -0400, "Andrew J. Kelly"
<sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote:
>Try '19980101'|||Sorry. I remember now that you must use the format as follows (Taken from
BOL):
{ ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.fff] '} such as: { ts '1998-09-24 10:02:20' }
{ d 'yyyy-mm-dd'} such as: { d '1998-09-24' }
{ t 'hh:mm:ss'} such as: { t '10:02:20'}
This is the international way to format dates and times in ODBC and OLEDB.
--
Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"Alan" <alan_test@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for reply, but I just tried both
> '19980101'
> 19980101
> It came back with same error message.
>
> Alan
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:24:41 -0400, "Andrew J. Kelly"
> <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote:
> >Try '19980101'
>|||1998-09-24 10:02:20 works.
Thanks a lot.
Alan
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:18:38 -0400, "Andrew J. Kelly"
<sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote:
>Sorry. I remember now that you must use the format as follows (Taken from
>BOL):
>{ ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.fff] '} such as: { ts '1998-09-24 10:02:20' }
>{ d 'yyyy-mm-dd'} such as: { d '1998-09-24' }
>{ t 'hh:mm:ss'} such as: { t '10:02:20'}
>
>This is the international way to format dates and times in ODBC and OLEDB.sql