[dba-SQLServer] Displaying SQL Server Time(7) in Access

Ahh I figured it out.  I had this working in the past.  The key seems to be not using the time() 
format but rather using the DateTime format in SQL Server.

Sorry for the ring.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

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when you do not believe in it

On 6/5/2012 9:38 PM, jwcolby wrote:
> I am stumped on how to display a SQL Server time value in an Access form while leaving it editable.
> If I look directly in the table in SQL Server a time is displayed like this: 08:45:00.0000000.
> Likewise it is displayed in the Access form in that manner which of course is a major annoyance.
>
> Access input masks work correctly for stuffing the times in but "formats" such as Short time etc
> have no apparent effect at all. For reporting I can simply do a left(SomeTime,5) to get HH:MM format
> but of course I can't do that in the form's text field.
>
> So how the heck do I do this format in the form to display just the hour and minute?
>