How Can I Validate A Column, If Its Date Or Not.

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Do we any command or function in SQL which identifies that the given column or value is a date or not.

Posted 14-Nov-14 3:29am

Shweta N Mishra

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PIEBALDconsult 14-Nov-14 9:45am

0) Don't store dates as strings.
1) If SQL Server 2008+ -- ISDATE http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187347.aspx
2) LIKE '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]'
3) Beyond that, you can try converting it and catching an error, but that's unlikely to be the best option.

Shweta N Mishra 14-Nov-14 10:01am

got the solution already, thanks everyone.

Shweta N Mishra 14-Nov-14 10:03am

i clicked on I'hav solved this myself button and it took me there, and i deleted the answer after realizing it. thanks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Nov-14 12:05pm

Why? why?!
—SA

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Sinisa Hajnal · Answer 1 · 2014-11-14T03:39:00

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Here you go[^] first thing on google.

You should do some research before coming to ask the questions.
If this helps please take time to accept the solution. Thank you.

Posted 14-Nov-14 3:39am

Sinisa Hajnal

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Shweta N Mishra 14-Nov-14 10:01am

got the solution already, thanks everyone.