Re: substring ..

Jeff,

> i want to do this to a datetime field..
>
> select foo from table where substr(datefoo,1,11) = '2000-12-14';
>
> it returns no results yet..
>
> select substr(datefoo,1,11) does return some values that say
> 2000-12-14

Well, for one it's not a string, it's a datetime field.

WHy are you trying to substring a datetime field, anyway?

-Josh

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