>Hi
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>I want a simple date only field, which isn't possible in SQL Server (only datetime or smalldatetime), as I'd like to bind the SQL table field to an object on myForm.myDate. I'm using an updatable cursor to allow VFP to update SQL Server with any changes to the data. The SQL Server field needs to stay in date format as I'll need to use the date in select statements.
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>How do I overcome this? Do I need to store the date in SQL Server as a text field, and then covert backwards and forwards?
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>Regards

Derek,
It is possible in SQL server 2008 and later. In SQL 2005 you would use a datetime field and simply you can use CA with a CursorSchema. There isn't a problem in select statements, the only problem is with display and CursorSchema takes care of it.
Cetin