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VB.net 1/SQL 2k: Nothing is returning from the DB using a WHERE clause with a date datatype.

I have a SQL 2k Table with a col of the smallDateTime dataType (MyDateCol). From my VB.net app, I want to fill my dataTable with all the records in that table that meet a date range. The dataAdapter has two parameters:
MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters("@StartDate").Value = New Date(2007,1,1)
MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters("@EndDate").Value = New Date(2007,12,31)

My VB App:
MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandText = "SELECT MyCols FROM MyDataBase.dbo.MyTable WHERE (MyDateCol>= @StartDate) OR (MyDateCol<= @EndDate)"

My Sql Table
Value of MyDateCol = '2007-07-25 11:45:00'

Upon calling the fill method, nothing is returned. The above WHERE date clauses surely catch the Sql date value, but how can I get it to be recognised and thus returned?

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IvanHowarth

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Visual Studio (2003) didn't like the quotes. Nevertheless, it wasn't the quotes that was the problem, it was the OR. Changing it to AND and leaving out the quotes worked. Thanks.

Before I award you the points...
I can't get the records where MyDateCol = '2007-07-25 11:45:00' --i.e. today when
MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters("@StartDate").Value = Date.Today
MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters("@EndDate").Value = Date.Today
Only when I expand the range. Any ideas, or should I add a time to it e.g. 00:01 and 23:59 respectively?

drekow

I would add a time to it given that the value in your mydatecol does hold a real time. I have always used the shortdate version which defaults the time to 00:00.

IvanHowarth

ASKER

Following that idea. Thanks again Dale!