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  • January 21, 2013 at 3:43 pm

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    drew.allen (1/21/2013)

    ScottPletcher (1/21/2013)

    Huh? I don't see anywhere a "datetime" data type is specified, only varchar. I don't see why the code couldn't run fine as is.

    I guess your actual data type is different than shown in your sample code?!

    In the CASE expression, the WHEN clause outputs a DATETIME value, but the ELSE clause outputs a VARCHAR value.

    Drew

    D'OH, I didn't scroll down in the code.

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