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Converting string to datetime format

Dear all,
I am a new member to the forum and would like assistance on :

1. how to convert 8 char string to datetime format.
2. When i try to enter additional data on a datetime column, I get an error message saying 'unable to convert string data to datetime format' on a column that has 128 values already.

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date conversion depends on which database you're using

if it's mysql, you'll have to un- and re-string it into year-month-day sequence

the second problem sounds like a tinyint auto_increment that has reached its upper limit

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I'm using Microsoft SQL 2000

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