>>Hi,
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>>I created a computed column in a table of SQL Server 2005. The column name is DaysOver. The formula in the Computed Column Specificaion is [Date1]-[Date2]. The type of the column is empty. Does this column always return an integer? Because I use it in the SQL select as following:
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>>select * from MyTable where DaysOver > 10
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>>And the returned query has the correct rows. But what if one of the DateTime columns (Date1 or Date2) is NULL? What will be returned?
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>I hope you're using DATEDIFF function. The datediff function returns an integer. The type of derived column is determined by SQL Server itself and it may be tricky.
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>You can also try adding CAST function if you want to ensure a specific type.
As far as DATEDIFF, how would the syntax work? That is, if I want to replace the formula [Date1]-[Date2] with using DATEDIFF, what would the formula look like?
Thank you.
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