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WHERE clause date syntax question
Hi i have a WHERE clause in my SQL statement, and I cant seem to get the right syntax for it. What I have is this:

3 variables:
MonthDays
ReportMonth
ReportYear

A datatable field:
TheDate (a general date/time field)

They are changing during the program, so I cant hardcode values. What I want is to retrieve data from a datatable on the conditions that:

TheDate <= ReportMonth/MonthDays/ReportYear 8:59:59 AM AND TheDate >= ReportMonth/1/ReportYear 9:00:00 AM

I am getting a syntax error with my current syntax (not shown) so I was hoping someone could tell me what the proper syntax would be. Thanks in advance!
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Have you tried enclosing them in single quotes in your query:
TheDate <= 'ReportMonth/MonthDays/ReportYear 8:59:59 AM' AND TheDate >= 'ReportMonth/1/ReportYear 9:00:00 AM'
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That gave me data type mismatch, sorry i forgot to say this above, i'm trying to execute this in VB6, so that makes a difference with the syntax...I'm not sure if its VB or the SQL itself that doesnt like my syntax so I thought I would try here first. Let me know if I should be over in the vb forum. Thanks!
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Problem Solved! i decided to make vb convert my variables to a date with help from the vb forum, thanks for the quick response!
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