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I know this is very simple...but the syntax is really screwing me up...Basically what I want to do is have this query check for orders that have been open two hours and more and does not have a quoted price...a small snippet of my query with out all my inner joins is:

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  1. select customer.customer_id_string, ordr.order_no, ordr.order_date....
  2. from cus... join on ...cus = ...
  3. where (customer.customer_id_string like '12345' and 
  4. datediff(hour, ordr.orderdate, getdate()) > '2')
My syntax problem is at the datediff - this is my error
Incorrect syntax near '>' - If I dont use > I get Incorrect syntax near ')'

Help will be great.
Sep 21 '07 #1
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debasisdas
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As you have posted a question in the articles section it is being moved to SQL Server forum.

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Sep 24 '07 #2
ck9663
2,878 Recognized Expert Specialist
I know this is very simple...but the syntax is really screwing me up...Basically what I want to do is have this query check for orders that have been open two hours and more and does not have a quoted price...a small snippet of my query with out all my inner joins is:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. select customer.customer_id_string, ordr.order_no, ordr.order_date....
  2. from cus... join on ...cus = ...
  3. where (customer.customer_id_string like '12345' and 
  4. datediff(hour, ordr.orderdate, getdate()) > '2')
My syntax problem is at the datediff - this is my error
Incorrect syntax near '>' - If I dont use > I get Incorrect syntax near ')'

Help will be great.
...datediff(hou r... --> is this a variable? shouldn't it be @hour?...also datediff returns a numeric value and you checked it against a character.
Sep 24 '07 #3
mrf12001
1 New Member
The correct syntax would be as follows

datediff(hour, ordr.orderdate, getdate()) > 2)
Sep 27 '07 #4
KA NMC
40 New Member
Thanks for all the help...its always the simple things that get ya for hours....
Sep 28 '07 #5

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