Error in Convert function in SQL

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I wrote the following SQL on MSACCESS

SELECT Followup.MRN, Followup.dateentered, Followup.formname, (Followup.MRN & Format([Followup.dateentered], "yyyymmdd") & Followup.formname) AS UniqueMilestoneID
FROM Followup;

it worked fine

Now when i write this on MSSQL

SELECT Followup.MRN, Followup.dateentered, Followup.formname, (Followup.MRN & Convert([Followup.dateentered], "yyyymmdd") & Followup.formname) AS UniqueMilestoneID
FROM Followup

i get the following error

Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid column name 'yyyymmdd'.
Msg 243, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Type Followup.dateentered is not a defined system type.

Any Idea how to overcome the error of the "convert" function

Posted 5-Jan-13 6:04am

MohamedKamalPharm

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rahkan · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05T06:12:00

try

SQL

CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), Followup.dateentered), 112)

The first parameter in the Convert should be the datatype you are converting to, the second parameter is the value that you are formatting, and the last is an optional value that indicates the format to use.

See SQL Server Date Formats for a list of date format codes for sql server.