use datetime as a condition in where clause

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hi!
i am using datetime in whereClause but the problem is that it is not displaying any results. here is the query
select * from Comments where SendTime='4/2/2011 11:57:25 PM'
wher sendTime is the field of datatype datetime
and an other query which is also not working is
select * from Comments c,Rating r where c.SendTime=r.SendTime

Posted 17-May-11 3:24am

hinzhonee

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-05-17T03:42:00

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No, it won't work: SQL uses ISO format dates[^]: "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss" in 24 hour format, so your match string will always fail.
Either convert your match string to ISO format, or use a DateTime variable instead.

Posted 17-May-11 3:42am

OriginalGriff