Convert nvarchar to datetime

I have imported a dbf table into mssql in a char format 19720628.
How can I convert nvarchar to datetime?Hi,
Does 19720628 means 1972-06-28 as a date or is it a number?
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Danijel Novak
MCP+I, MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCT
"Devibez" <Devibez@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have imported a dbf table into mssql in a char format 19720628.
>
> How can I convert nvarchar to datetime?|||Hi,
Yes! This is a date in a nvarchar data type format.
"Danijel Novak" wrote:
> Hi,
> Does 19720628 means 1972-06-28 as a date or is it a number?
> --
> Danijel Novak
> MCP+I, MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCT
>
> "Devibez" <Devibez@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FDB32DD8-9A67-4E27-91B3-09534AAE8CEE@.microsoft.com...
> >I have imported a dbf table into mssql in a char format 19720628.
> >
> >
> > How can I convert nvarchar to datetime?
>
>|||DECLARE @.str varchar(10)
SET @.str = '19720628'
SELECT CONVERT(datetime, @.str, 101)|||Thanks!
How can I convert all the rows in a column using the method?
"GlennThomas5" wrote:
> DECLARE @.str varchar(10)
> SET @.str = '19720628'
> SELECT CONVERT(datetime, @.str, 101)
>|||You can do an update:
UPDATE table
SET <datefield> = CONVERT(datetime, <datefield>, 101)
"Devibez" wrote:
> Thanks!
> How can I convert all the rows in a column using the method?
>
> "GlennThomas5" wrote:
> > DECLARE @.str varchar(10)
> >
> > SET @.str = '19720628'
> >
> > SELECT CONVERT(datetime, @.str, 101)
> >
> >|||Thank You!
For some reason when I try to run the upadate I receive the following error
message.
Do you you know why?
"Server: Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
The statement has been terminated."
Thanks Again!
"DLS" wrote:
> You can do an update:
> UPDATE table
> SET <datefield> = CONVERT(datetime, <datefield>, 101)
> "Devibez" wrote:
> > Thanks!
> >
> > How can I convert all the rows in a column using the method?
> >
> >
> > "GlennThomas5" wrote:
> >
> > > DECLARE @.str varchar(10)
> > >
> > > SET @.str = '19720628'
> > >
> > > SELECT CONVERT(datetime, @.str, 101)
> > >
> > >|||you should do a search so see if there are dates that are not in the
proper format. it sounds like there is a numeric value its trying to
convert that is out of sql's date range. you can use ISDATE to see
what values return 0 and those values are out of range.