Home Forums SQL Server 2008 T-SQL (SS2K8) GetDate() 5 Years ago without time formated 'YYYY-MM-DD' RE: GetDate() 5 Years ago without time formated 'YYYY-MM-DD'

  • mmartin1 (7/12/2013)


    Create a date variable , assign the value of CONVERT(DATE, DateAdd(yy, - 5, GetDate())) to the variable and use the variable instead in your query. This may be more efficient.

    How does using a variable here make it more efficient? The optimizer is smart enough that it does this calculation one time because it is using a constant and not a column.

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