>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I'm processing some csv files and I want to move the processed file to another location and rename it with a datetime string
>>>
>>>yyymmddhhmmss
>>>
>>>anyone know the easiest way to return that string from GETDATE()
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Nick
>>
>>CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(convert(CHAR(19),GETDATE(),126 ),'-',''),'T',''),':','') AS CHAR(14))
>
>T-SQL really makes you jump through hoops sometimes, doesn't it? Even getting the date portion of a datetime is verbose and ugly. It mystifies that it hasn't been simplified by now.

MSSQL and T-SQL is not Oracle and PL/SQL ;-)

MartinaJ