>>Thank you for the explanation. I sort of have to use the BETWEEN since this is the syntax used in a 3P tool I am using. And since I am only concerned about comparing dates and not times, maybe the the fact that BETWEEN does not handle time part properly won't affect me. Or maybe I will take the time and change the 3P tool (I have the source code).
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>>>It's not about faster. The BETWEEN does not handle time part properly.
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>>>>Btw, just occurred to me to ask. Is the syntax of using >= and < (as in your example) faster than using Between?
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>>>>>SQL Server does not understand VFP datetime literals
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>>>>>TableName.FieldName >= '2010-04-01' and TableName.FieldName < '2010-05-02'
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>Don't worry. Using BETWEEN, SQL server doesn't have a problem with datetime values and it doesn't have a problem with the time portion either. It is VFP that does have a problem with time portion.
>Cetin
Thank you for the explanation.
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