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Try this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-103941">ORDER BY CAST(YouDateTimeField AS sql_variant)
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Try this:



ORDER BY CAST(YouDateTimeField AS sql_variant)


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If you have the data as Date/Time format it will sort correctly. If you have your data as text it will not sort correctly.<br />
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jppinto
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If you have the data as Date/Time format it will sort correctly. If you have your data as text it will not sort correctly.

jppinto

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How can I sort on a datetime datatype<br />
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11/01/2002 09:35:19<br />
11/01/2002 11:35:10<br />
11/01/2002 07:35:09<br />
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order by does not give the correct results. &nbsp; I need to be able to sort on date then the time part of the date
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How can I sort on a datetime datatype

11/01/2002 09:35:19
11/01/2002 11:35:10
11/01/2002 07:35:09

order by does not give the correct results.   I need to be able to sort on date then the time part of the date

how to sort on datetime datatype

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