[AccessD] Date in Combo box with SQL view as rowsource returning as string

[David McAfee]

I've tried:
 CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),StartDate , 101) AS FyStartDate,

Same results.

I shouldn't even have to cast or convert if it is a date field in the table.
Same with the text boxes.

I seriously think the gremlins are out to get me! :)

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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Paul Hartland <
paul.hartland at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I assume you have, but have you tried using CONVERT instead of cast
>
> On 22 Jul 2016 18:38, "David McAfee" <davidmcafee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been updating existing queries other users have created that use
> > hardcoded values to use a form with a combo box.
> >
> > The combo box uses a SQL view as it's row source.
> > The view pulls from a table:
> >
> > SELECT FY, StartDate, EndDate, sFY, dFY, uFY FROM tblFiscalYears
> >
> > The results are as expected
> > (actually the original view was simply selecting values unioned together
> > without a table)
> > 1314 2013-07-01 2014-06-30 14/15 14-15 14_15
> > 1415 2014-07-01 2015-06-30 14/15 14-15 14_15
> > 1516 2015-07-01 2016-06-30 15/16 15-16 15_16
> > 1617 2016-07-01 2017-06-30 16/17 16-17 16_17
> >
> > Most of the queries use one of the variations of 1516, 15-16... and are
> > compared as text.
> > Today I noticed a query returning incorrect results and I found that the
> > 2nd and 3rd (date) columns are being treated as text, rather than dates.
> >
> > I tried casting as dates, but still no difference:
> >
> > SELECT FY, CAST(StartDate as datetime) AS FyStartDate, CAST(EndDate as
> > DATETIME) AS FyEndDate, sFY, dFY, uFY FROM tblFiscalYears WITH (NOLOCK)
> >
> > I even made two hidden text boxes on the form, with format set to short
> > date.
> > The on change event of the combo box populates the text boxes.
> >
> > Everything I tried always results in a fail:
> > ? forms!frmBuildCosReport!cboFY.column(1)<now()
> > False
> > ? forms!frmBuildCosReport!txtFYStart < now()
> > False
> >
> > This works:
> > ? CDATE(forms!frmBuildCosReport!cboFY.column(1))<now()
> > True
> > But, I don't think I should have to do this (not to mention update many
> man
> > y queries).
> >
> > Am I going nuts?
> >
> > TIA,
> > David
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