Year only data from daily dates

[Web learner]

I have daily data from year 1995 to 2004. The following query
SELECT [obsDate] FROM [tblObs]
returns 3653 datevalue records for each day.

1995-01-01 00:00:00
1995-01-02 00:00:00
1995-01-03 00:00:00
----------------------
----------------------
2004-12-29 00:00:00
2004-12-30 00:00:00
2004-12-31 00:00:00

I just want a recordset having years. That means with only 10 records as
follow.

1995
1996
1997
-----
-----
2004

What should be the SQL query?

I do not know anything about objectDataSource of ADO.NET. Is it worthwhile
or better for this kind of problem?

Thanks for reading this ...

Regds,

Web learner

 

[Tom Moreau]

Try:

select distinct
Year (obsDate) as 'Year'
from
tblObs

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Tom

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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
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I have daily data from year 1995 to 2004. The following query
SELECT [obsDate] FROM [tblObs]
returns 3653 datevalue records for each day.

1995-01-01 00:00:00
1995-01-02 00:00:00
1995-01-03 00:00:00
----------------------
----------------------
2004-12-29 00:00:00
2004-12-30 00:00:00
2004-12-31 00:00:00

I just want a recordset having years. That means with only 10 records as
follow.

1995
1996
1997
-----
-----
2004

What should be the SQL query?

I do not know anything about objectDataSource of ADO.NET. Is it worthwhile
or better for this kind of problem?

Thanks for reading this ...

Regds,

Web learner

 

[Web learner]

Yes, it worked. This is what I wanted for the moment.

Thanks......