So I have a datetime column that I want to convert to a smalldatetime on my report. What I am expecting is something like:
2011-07-13 09:51:21.087 to 2011-07-13 09:51:21
Simple right? Well the datetime column is returning a T instead of a space so I figured that the conversion should remove this but to no avail...thoughts?
SELECT LockoutDate
CONVERT(smalldatetime,LockoutDate)[Small Date]
LockoutDate | Small Date
2011-07-13T09:51:21.087 | 2011-07-13T09:51:00
What is that 'T' and why is it there? Again the actual column is datetime not nvarchar or anything...
EDIT: Here is the code I'm working on.
DECLARE @tableLockPass NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET @tableLockPass = --Statement to check active accounts that are locked
N'<H3>Locked SQL Accounts</H3>' +
N'<table border="2" style="font-size:12px">' +
N'<tr>' +
N'<th>Instance</th>' +
N'<th>Instance Purpose</th>' +
N'<th>Domain Account</th>' +
N'<th>Name</th>' +
N'<th>Account Lock</th>' +
N'<th>Lockout Time</th>' +
N'</tr>' +
CAST ((
SELECT
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Instance], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Instance Purpose], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = Name, '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Display Name], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Account Lock], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Lockout Time], ''
FROM(
SELECT Name
,ADDisplayName [Display Name]
,Instance
,InstancePurpose [Instance Purpose]
,replace(IsLocked,1,'In Place') as [Account Lock]
,convert(smalldatetime,LockoutTime,120) [Lockout Time]
FROM dbo.Security
WHERE IsLocked = 1
) AS DS
ORDER BY Instance, [Display Name]
FOR XML PATH('tr'), TYPE
)AS NVARCHAR(MAX) ) +
N'</table>';
IF @tableLockPass IS NOT NULL
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@profile_name = 'SQL_DBMail',
@importance = 'NORMAL',
@recipients = '',
@subject = '',
@body = @tableLockPass,
@body_format = 'HTML';
I don't know if this is a weak code or not. I'm still fairly new to SQL so this is something I threw together.
The result is a pretty little table like this:
Instance [Instance Purpose] Name [Account Lock] [Lockout Time]
DEV5 General Use BMMcClure In Place 2011-07-13T09:51:00
The T is just a standard (ISO 8601) way to delimit the time.
Adding STYLE to CONVERT
function to specify how to translate the expression:
SELECT LockoutDate,
CONVERT(smalldatetime,LockoutDate,120) [Small Date]
EDIT: On your complete code
DECLARE @tableLockPass NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET @tableLockPass = --Statement to check active accounts that are locked
N'<H3>Locked SQL Accounts</H3>' +
N'<table border="2" style="font-size:12px">' +
N'<tr>' +
N'<th>Instance</th>' +
N'<th>Instance Purpose</th>' +
N'<th>Domain Account</th>' +
N'<th>Name</th>' +
N'<th>Account Lock</th>' +
N'<th>Lockout Time</th>' +
N'</tr>' +
CAST ((
SELECT
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Instance], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Instance Purpose], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = Name, '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Display Name], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = [Account Lock], '',
[td/@align] = 'center',
td = convert(smalldatetime,[Lockout Time],120), ''
FROM(
SELECT Name
,ADDisplayName [Display Name]
,Instance
,InstancePurpose [Instance Purpose]
,replace(IsLocked,1,'In Place') as [Account Lock]
,convert(smalldatetime,LockoutTime,120) [Lockout Time]
FROM dbo.Security
WHERE IsLocked = 1
) AS DS
ORDER BY Instance, [Display Name]
FOR XML PATH('tr'), TYPE
)AS NVARCHAR(MAX) ) +
N'</table>';
IF @tableLockPass IS NOT NULL
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@profile_name = 'SQL_DBMail',
@importance = 'NORMAL',
@recipients = '',
@subject = '',
@body = @tableLockPass,
@body_format = 'HTML';