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select * from myData Where year(myData.Date) &lt;=2004 <br />

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select * from myData Where year(myData.Date) <=2004


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2004 will not be enough. You need it to be before the 1st of January.<br />
And since you including 2004, then it is january 2005<br />
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<pre><code id="code-8144868">select * from myData Where year(myData.Date) &lt;'20050101'</code></pre>
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2004 will not be enough. You need it to be before the 1st of January.
And since you including 2004, then it is january 2005



select * from myData Where year(myData.Date) <'20050101'

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For details on Year see here: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186313.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186313.aspx</a><br />
You may also use DATEPART function like DATEPART(year, '12:11:28.123')<br />

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For details on Year see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186313.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186313.aspx]
You may also use DATEPART function like DATEPART(year, '12:11:28.123')


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so all this gets obsolete?<br />
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_functions.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_functions.asp</a>
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so all this gets obsolete?
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_functions.asp [http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_functions.asp]

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how? thanks<br />
select * from myData Where FORMAT(myData.Date,'yyyy')<wbr /> &lt;='2004'<br />

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how? thanks
select * from myData Where FORMAT(myData.Date,'yyyy') <='2004'


not sure how to select certain years from the query? using MSSQL 2008 express

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