>>HYi
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>>I'm taking some data from adatabse with datetime2 fields
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>>the SQL casts these as a datetime
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>>CAST(D.UNAVAILABLE_FROM_DATE AS DATETIME) AS UNAVAILABLE_FROM_DATE
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>>and I'm getting an error
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>>The conversion of a datetime2 data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value
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>>any ideas on the best way to find the offending date . (theres about 200000 records)
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>>at the moment I'm selecting the date without the cast and ordering by the date but there's quite a few of these date casts so I wondered if there was a quicker way.
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>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick
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>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick
>
>What is the result of this:
>

>SELECT * FROM D
>WHERE YEAR(UNAVAILABLE_FROM_DATE)  < 1753
>

Or better

where unavailable_from_date < '17530101'