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Koen Verbeeck

Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:18 AM

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katesl (1/20/2011)

Question from a DBA--

I have to ask this question because I have no experience doing user interface programming-- I use T-SQL and SSMS, and Excel to deliver reports, for everything I do. In the article, the T-SQL is presented in a window with horizontal scroll bars. What is the name by which to refer to such a window? It does not allow copy. Is this a problem of the particular browser I'm using or is it by design? With less elaborate user interface, I was able to copy the code from the article and paste it into the SSMS query window. Why is this scroll bar window supposed to be better than what worked just fine?

Thank you.

This is quite bizarre.
The first time I couldn't copy paste either from the article to test things out.
But when I opened the article for a second time, I could copy paste everything.

Weird IE problem?

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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:16 AM

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David McKinney (1/20/2011)

Très bien, Jeff! Except of course that you can't keep everybody happy!

In France, June and July are Juin and Juillet respectively, and hence JUI and JUI when truncated to 3 characters.

It gets even worse for languages such as Finnish, Estonian, & Czech (to name but a few).

For instance Czech uses the Roman numerals (I,II,III,IV etc.) for short month names, and in Estonian the short month names vary in length from 3 to 5 characters.

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Phil Factor

Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:25 AM

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Yes, the correct shortnames for the months are listed in sys.syslanguages

If you run this code, it should show you how, in SQL Server, all the languages format the current date using the date format code 113. You'll see that the shortmonthname is correctly inserted into the date if you use CONVERT. Is there a way of using DateName to get the correct short-date? I haven't discovered it!

DECLARE @TestEmOut NVARCHAR(MAX)
CREATE TABLE #ShortMonthNames (NAME NVARCHAR(20), Alias NVARCHAR(30), Date NVARCHAR(30), ShortMonthNames NVARCHAR(255))
SELECT @TestEmOut=''
SELECT @TestEmOut= @TestemOut+'
Set language N'''+name+'''
insert into #shortMonthNames (Name, Alias, Date, ShortMonthNames)
SELECT N'''+name+''',N'''+alias+''', CONVERT(nVARCHAR(80),GetDate(),113),
(Select shortmonths from sys.syslanguages where name like N'''+NAME+''')'
FROM sys.syslanguages
EXEC(@TestEmOut)
SELECT * FROM #ShortMonthNames
DROP TABLE #ShortMonthNames

(Edited after David McKinney's help with setting the language to Brasilian portugese. Oops!)

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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:42 AM

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surreydude. (1/20/2011)

One thing I did notice about the article, however, was the use of yy for year formats. It would seem that the "Y2K Bug" has not taught us very much afterall!

The only place where "yy" is being used in the article is in the DateName(yy, ) parts. In this, the "yy" (or "yyyy") is just the abbreviation for "year" - using any of these returns the full year (all four characters). See the DateName BOL - specifically look at the datepart chart in the Arguments section. And in the Return Value section is this:

Each datepart and its abbreviations return the same value.

So, would this be myth... busted?

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David McKinney

Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:41 AM

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WHERE name NOT IN ('Português (Brasil)'

Thanks Phil.

Putting the language in quotes will solve the Portuguese Brazil problem

Set language ['+name+']....

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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:53 AM

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Thanks Jeff for the article. i learned something about the datename function and these langauages settings.

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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:23 AM

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My experience are just opposite. DATENAME is slower than CONVERT + DATEPART. See below:


/*------------------------
DECLARE @BitBucket CHAR(4);

  PRINT '========== DATENAME Method of Conversion ==========';
    SET STATISTICS TIME ON;
 SELECT @BitBucket = DATENAME(yy,SomeDate)
   FROM dbo.JBMTest
    SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;
 
  PRINT '========== Original Method of Conversion CONVERT ==========';
    SET STATISTICS TIME ON;
 SELECT @BitBucket = CONVERT(CHAR(4), DATEPART(yy,SomeDate))
   FROM dbo.JBMTest;
    SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;

  PRINT '========== Original Method of Conversion CAST ==========';
    SET STATISTICS TIME ON;
 SELECT @BitBucket = CAST(DATEPART(yy,SomeDate) AS CHAR(4))
   FROM dbo.JBMTest;
    SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;
 
------------------------*/
========== DATENAME Method of Conversion ==========

 SQL Server Execution Times:
   CPU time = 703 ms,  elapsed time = 718 ms.
========== Original Method of Conversion CONVERT ==========

 SQL Server Execution Times:
   CPU time = 562 ms,  elapsed time = 578 ms.
========== Original Method of Conversion CAST ==========

 SQL Server Execution Times:
   CPU time = 579 ms,  elapsed time = 579 ms.

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Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:25 AM

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This post is slightly off topic. I'm sure I stole this code from somewhere (probably from this site Smile

), but I have it in my toolbox of SQL examples. It shows examples all of the CONVERT style codes. I added the abbreviated month + yyyy example from this Spackle post:

DECLARE @date DATETIME

SET	@date = GETDATE()
--SET @date = '20090709T175449303'

;WITH cteDates (FormattedDate, Code, Style, SQL) AS
(
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 0) AS FormattedDate,
 '0' AS Code,
 'Default' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 0)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 1) AS FormattedDate,
 '1' AS Code,
 'USA date - mm/dd/yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 1)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 2) AS FormattedDate,
 '2' AS Code,
 'ANSI date - yy.mm.dd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 2)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 3) AS FormattedDate,
 '3' AS Code,
 'UK/French date - dd/mm/yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 3)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 4) AS FormattedDate,
 '4' AS Code,
 'German date - dd.mm.yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 4)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 5) AS FormattedDate,
 '5' AS Code,
 'Italian date - dd-mm-yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 5)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 6) AS FormattedDate,
 '6' AS Code,
 'Abbreviated month - dd mmm yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 6)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 7) AS FormattedDate,
 '7' AS Code,
 'Abbreviated month - mmm dd, yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 7)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 8) AS FormattedDate,
 '8 OR 108' AS Code,
 '24 hour time - hh:mm:ss' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 8)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 9) AS FormattedDate,
 '9 OR 109' AS Code,
 'Default with seconds and milliseconds appended mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmmXM' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 9)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 10) AS FormattedDate,
 '10' AS Code,
 'USA date with hyphens - mm-dd-yy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 10)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 11) AS FormattedDate,
 '11' AS Code,
 'Japanese date - yy/mm/dd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 11)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 12) AS FormattedDate,
 '12' AS Code,
 'ISO date - yymmdd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 12)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 13) AS FormattedDate,
 '13 OR 113' AS Code,
 'European default with seconds and milliseconds - dd mon yyyy hh:mm:ss:mmm' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 13)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 14) AS FormattedDate,
 '14 OR 114' AS Code,
 '24 hour time with milliseconds - hh:mm:ss:mmm' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 14)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20) AS FormattedDate,
 '20 OR 120' AS Code,
 'ODBC canonical date and time - yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20), 1, 10) AS FormattedDate,
 '20' AS Code,
 'yyyy-mm-dd' AS Style,
 'SELECT SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20), 1, 10)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20), 1, 16)
  AS FormattedDate,
 '20' AS Code,
 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm' AS Style,
 'SELECT SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 20), 1, 16)'
  AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 21) AS FormattedDate,
 '21 OR 121' AS Code,
 'ODBC canonical date and time with milliseconds - yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.mmm' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 21)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 101) AS FormattedDate,
 '101' AS Code,
 'USA date with century - mm/dd/yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 101)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 102) AS FormattedDate,
 '102' AS Code,
 'ANSI date with century - yyyy.mm.dd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 102)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 103) AS FormattedDate,
 '103' AS Code,
 'UK / French date with century - dd/mm/yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 103)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 104) AS FormattedDate,
 '104' AS Code,
 'German date with century - dd.mm.yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 104)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 105) AS FormattedDate,
 '105' AS Code,
 'Italian date with century - dd-mm-yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 105)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 106) AS FormattedDate,
 '106' AS Code,
 'Abbreviated month with century - dd mmm yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 106)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT RIGHT(CONVERT(CHAR(11),@date, 106), 8) AS FormattedDate,
  '106' AS Code,
  'Abbreviated month - mmm yyyy' AS Style,
  'SELECT RIGHT(CONVERT(CHAR(11), @date, 106), 8)' AS SQL 
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 107) AS FormattedDate,
 '107' AS Code,
 'Abbreviated month with century - mmm dd, yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 107)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 110) AS FormattedDate,
 '110' AS Code,
 'USA date with hyphens and century - mm-dd-yyyy' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 110)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 111) AS FormattedDate,
 '111' AS Code,
 'Japanese date with century - yyyy/mm/dd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 111)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) AS FormattedDate,
 '112' AS Code,
 'ISO date with century - yyyymmdd' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + ' ' + REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 108), ':', '')
  AS FormattedDate,
 '112 + 108' AS Code,
 'yyyymmdd hhmmss' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + '' '' + REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 108), '':'', '''')'
  AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + ' ' + REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 114), ':', '')
   AS FormattedDate,
 '112 + 114' AS Code,
 'yyyymmdd hhmmssfff' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + '' '' + REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 114), '':'', '''')'
  AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + ' ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 114) AS FormattedDate,
 '112 + 114' AS Code,
 'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss:fff' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 112) + '' '' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 114)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 126) AS FormattedDate,
 '126' AS Code,
 'ISO8601 - for use in XML - yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss:mmm' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 126)' AS SQL
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 127) AS FormattedDate,
 '127' AS Code,
 'ISO8601 with timezone Z - yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss:mmmZ' AS Style,
 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(35), @date, 127)' AS SQL
)
--
--SELECT * FROM cteDates AS cted ORDER BY cted.Code
SELECT SortKey =
 CASE
  WHEN CHARINDEX(' ', cted.Code) = 0
   THEN cted.Code
  ELSE
   CAST(SUBSTRING(cted.Code, 1, CHARINDEX(' ', cted.Code)) AS INT)
 END,
 cted.FormattedDate, cted.Code, cted.Style, cted.SQL
FROM cteDates AS cted
ORDER BY SortKey, cted.FormattedDate

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Phil Factor

Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:28 AM

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Thanks to David for pointing out the bug in my code. I've gotten so used to the SET LANGUAGE syntax without the string delimiters! I've fixed the code in my original posting just in case anyone else uses it.

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