Need a scalar valued function which return just the year

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I have created a scalar-valued function, i need the function to return the year.. but it doesn't work. My code looks like this:

SQL

ALTER FUNCTION [Anketa_MPI].[GetYear]
(
    @Date datetime
)
RETURNS datetime
AS
BEGIN

  RETURN YEAR(@Date)

END

When i execute the function select [Anketa_MPI].[GetYear](getdate()) as YearToday

I get this output 1905-07-08 00:00:00.000

But when i just query select YEAR(getdate()) it works correctly .. what is it wronkg with my code?

Posted 23-Nov-14 23:40pm

Voley

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hypermellow · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-23T23:43:00

Solution 1

If you are only looking for the year to be returned.
Change your return type to integer.

... hope it helps.

SQL

ALTER FUNCTION [Anketa_MPI].[GetYear]
(
    @Date datetime
)
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
 
  RETURN YEAR(@Date)
END

Posted 23-Nov-14 23:43pm

hypermellow

v2

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King Fisher 24-Nov-14 6:01am

my 5 :)

hypermellow 24-Nov-14 6:41am

Thanks :)

Voley 24-Nov-14 6:50am

Thanks :) (otherwise Helpful)

King Fisher · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-24T00:00:00

Solution 2

Solution 1 is good ,you have return as Int

Quote:
when i just query select YEAR(getdate()) it works correctly .. what is it wronkg with my code?

Because Year is the Built-in Functions in sql to select the Year part of Datetime

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms186313.aspx[^]

Posted 24-Nov-14 0:00am

King Fisher

Updated 24-Nov-14 0:07am

v3

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hypermellow 24-Nov-14 6:42am

... and my 5 for the explanation which I omitted from my solution. :)

King Fisher 24-Nov-14 7:27am

Thank you :)