>>>(cast DateTimeCol as date) works perfectly.
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>Is there an index on DatetimeCol in the database?
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>From VFP, I'd advocate use of a parameterized query that takes care of the conversions.
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>ldMyDate=date()
>=SQLEXEC(m.myhandle,"SELECT * from mytable where DatetimeCol<?ldMyDate","MyResultset")
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>This also gets cached by SQL Server so it's about as efficient as a SP on subsequent uses. And its habitual use is SQL-Injection-Proof.
Thank you.
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