Changing date to string of numbers

I basic question but can someone help.

I have a SELECT statement, the result of which populates adatagrid. The first column has consecutive dates in it and I wantto hyperlink each date to a seperate Javascript function (theJavascript is created on the fly and is unique for each date). Ineed a different function name for each function and so tried the datebut "/" is not allowed in the Javasript function name. I thinkthe easiest way will be to produce a new column with the date expressesddmmyyyy, ddmmyy or some such unique number (but not dd/mm/yyyy). I tried :-

"CASE " & _
"WHEN t3.date = t3.date THEN (DAY(t3.Date) + MONTH(t3.Date) + YEAR(t3.Date)) ELSE NULL END AS [javaKey]

but this adds the year to the month to the day - not a unique result as 1/2/06 and 2/1/06 are the same.

I am just getting to grips with VB.Net (as an amature) but am a distinct beginner at SQL!

Many thanks

Mike

Hi Mike,

You can use the ISO format in this place:

CONVERT(NCHAR(8), [Date], 112)AS newDate

the date format will be yyyymmdd.

You can always check CONVERT DATE function from Books Online to convert your date.

Hope this helps.

|||Hi Limno

Many thanks. Your reply is just what I need. It works great.

I am sorry that could not figure it out for myself. I do usebooks on line and I have "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 A Beginner'sGuide" (which I got before I realise my server uses 2000!) and "SAMSTeach Yourself SQL 24 Hours". I started off learning VB.net butas my project goes on, rather than feeling that I am becoming competentat producing the web pages I want, I seem require more and moreknowledge (like SQL, JavaScript & CSS). Sometimes I feel I amgetting there, the next minute feel totally inadequate!! I strive tolearn, and in the meantime I really do appreciate the help of peoplelike yourself.

Many many thanks for your time and patience.

Regards

Mike