Ordering Timestamp field in SQL

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    Default Ordering Timestamp field in SQL

    I've got a timestamp field that I want to order by date. In other words, all
    the entries on a particular day should be grouped under that day, and so with
    each preceeding day. Unfortunately, if I group by the timestamp field, nothing
    is ordered because each timestamp is different (to the second). How do I do
    this?

    fhilliard Guest

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    Default Re: Ordering Timestamp field in SQL

    if you're talking about a timestamp in sql server, it's not really a "datetime"
    data type. it's a "special" datatype, a "rowversion" to be specific. you might
    try doing a CAST or CONVERT to a datetime though i'm not sure if this can be
    done.





    PaulH Guest

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    Default Re: Ordering Timestamp field in SQL

    It's a date/time field in MS Access and I can use all the normal CF Time functions with it. What I'd really like to do is to do the SQL ORDER by dateformat(EnteredWhen) but this is illegal.
    fhilliard Guest

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    Default Re: Ordering Timestamp field in SQL

    I found the solution from frank at loofahcom.com. The secret is to enter both
    an ODBC datetime and an ODBC date programatically in two separate fields. MS
    Access adds a bunch of zeros, but you can group by the date field. Thank you
    Frank!

    fhilliard Guest

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