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Date data type changes to v_string when connected via in-db (SQL server)

akasubi
8 - Asteroid

I'm connecting to a date table in SQL server via the connect in-db tool, but when I do this, the date column comes out as a v_string even though the data type in SQL server is date.

 

Anyone why and how to fix this so that it's still read as a date?

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cplewis90
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

Hello @akasubi,

 

Have you tried a CAST statement on your date field in the In-DB input?

 

 

akasubi
8 - Asteroid

Hi @cplewis90 - I did, but it didn't work.

 

Actually found out that the issue was down to the OLE DB provider that I'd set it up with. Initially I used 'Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server', but actually I should've been using the 'SQL Server Native Client'.

 

When I changed this, the data type came through as date.

 

More info in this link - https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/In-Database-datatype-change/td-p/56361

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