RE: Syntax error converting datetime from character string while calling a function

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June 27, 2012 at 1:58 am

Thanks. Resolving the expensive iTVF results in this:

DATEADD(dd, -1, @year + '-' + MONTH(b.shpdate) + '-01')

Can you post the code for populating the variable @year?

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