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You can use a case statement to check wether the result is equal to default '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000' if so return null or empty string. <br />

<pre><code id="code-8147818">isnull(convert(datetime, max(CASE WHEN DATEPART(year,compDate) = 1900 THEN NULL ELSE compDate),103),'')</code></pre>
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You can use a case statement to check wether the result is equal to default '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000' if so return null or empty string.


isnull(convert(datetime, max(CASE WHEN DATEPART(year,compDate) = 1900 THEN NULL ELSE compDate),103),'')

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Try: <br />
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SELECT isnull(convert(datetime, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'<br />
FROM table_name WHERE compDate &lt;&gt;&nbsp;'1900-01-01 00:00:00.000'<br />

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Try:

SELECT isnull(convert(datetime, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'
FROM table_name WHERE compDate <> '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000'


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hi kaminda, <br />
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'convert'. with the statement.
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hi kaminda,
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'convert'. with the statement.

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still same error<br />
&nbsp;Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'convert'.<br />

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still same error
 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'convert'.


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try<br />
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convert(varchar, max(compDate),103) as 'Exp. comp. date'<br />
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or<br />
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isnull(convert(varchar, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'
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try

convert(varchar, max(compDate),103) as 'Exp. comp. date'

or

isnull(convert(varchar, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'

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hi ralmda,<br />
same error returned.
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the following command returns even the default '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000'. how can I avoid returning the default date?<br />
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isnull(convert(datetime, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'<br />
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thanks
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the following command returns even the default '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000'. how can I avoid returning the default date?

isnull(convert(datetime, max(compDate),103),'') as 'Exp. comp. date'

thanks

Max(date)

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