How to read only date from sql server 2008? - sql-server

Question

DECLARE #temp TABLE
(
iLeadID INT ,
Title VARCHAR(MAX) ,
AlertDate DATETIME
)
DECLARE #iLeadID INT
DECLARE #getiLeadID CURSOR
SET
#getiLeadID = CURSOR FOR
SELECT iLeadID FROM LeadsContracts
OPEN #getiLeadID
FETCH NEXT FROM #getiLeadID INTO #iLeadID
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT #iLeadID ,
'Disclosure' ,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, dtDisclosure, 101) 'Date'
FROM LeadsContracts
WHERE iLeadID = #iLeadID
AND dtDisclosure IS NOT NULL
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT #iLeadID ,
'Due Diligence' ,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, dtDueDiligence, 101) 'Date'
FROM LeadsContracts
WHERE iLeadID = #iLeadID
AND dtDueDiligence IS NOT NULL
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT #iLeadID ,
'Finance Appraisals' ,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, dtFinanceAppraisals, 101) 'Date'
FROM LeadsContracts
WHERE iLeadID = #iLeadID
AND dtFinanceAppraisals IS NOT NULL
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT #iLeadID ,
sFreeTextCustom1 ,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, dtFreeTextDate1, 101) 'Date'
FROM LeadsContracts
WHERE iLeadID = #iLeadID
AND dtFreeTextDate1 IS NOT NULL
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT #iLeadID ,
sFreeTextCustom2 ,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, dtFreeTextDate2, 101) 'Date'
FROM LeadsContracts
WHERE iLeadID = #iLeadID
AND dtFreeTextDate2 IS NOT NULL
FETCH NEXT FROM #getiLeadID INTO #iLeadID
END
CLOSE #getiLeadID
DEALLOCATE #getiLeadID
SELECT * ,
( CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sEmail
FROM UserAccount objUA
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT iUserID
FROM GroupAgent
WHERE iUserID = objUA.iUserID
AND iGroupID = t1.GroupID
AND btAdminFlg = ( (1) ) )
)
ELSE ''
END ) AS AdminEmail
FROM ( SELECT * ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sFirstName + ' ' + sLastName
FROM Lead
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
ELSE ''
END AS LeadName ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sEmail
FROM Lead
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
ELSE ''
END AS LeadEmail ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
iUserID
FROM AssignLeadUser
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
ELSE ''
END AS AgentID ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sFirstName + ' ' + sLastName
FROM UserAccount
WHERE iUserID = ( SELECT
iUserID
FROM AssignLeadUser
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
)
ELSE ''
END AS AgentName ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sEmail
FROM UserAccount
WHERE iUserID = ( SELECT
iUserID
FROM AssignLeadUser
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
)
ELSE ''
END AS AgentEmail ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
iGroupID
FROM AssignLeadUser
WHERE iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
ELSE ''
END AS GroupID ,
CASE WHEN 1 = 1
THEN ( SELECT TOP 1
sName
FROM [Group]
WHERE iGroupID = ( SELECT
iGroupID
FROM AssignLeadUser
WHERE
iLeadID = objTemp.iLeadID
)
)
ELSE ''
END AS GroupName
FROM #temp objTemp
) AS t1
ORDER BY AlertDate ASC
it gives me an output of 2013-04-04 00:00:00.000 in the AlertDate column
I want to get only the date (no time) like this: 2013-04-04" in the AlterDate column.
Could anybody please help me to advice some query or update my code?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use the date type instead of datetime
declare #temp Table
(
iLeadID int,
Title varchar(Max),
AlertDate date
)

Answer 2

You have AlterDate typed as a DATETIME. If you only want to store the date, use a DATE data type. An added benefit of doing this is that the DATE data type only takes 3 bytes instead of the DATETIME's 8 bytes.
If you subsequently need to turn AlterDate back into a DATETIME, it will use the midnight value that you're currently seeing.