Comments on: A ‘MakeDate’ function for MS SQL Server /makedate-function-ms-sql-server/ Web development notes and commentary from Ryan Stille Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Ryan Stille /makedate-function-ms-sql-server/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:28:21 +0000 /?p=361#comment-515 Nice, thanks.

]]> By: Roland Collins /makedate-function-ms-sql-server/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:24:44 +0000 /?p=361#comment-514 This one will run much faster if you're using it in a batch statement since it avoids the extra variable declarations and string conversions.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[MakeDate]
(
    — Add the parameters for the function here
    @year INT, @month INT, @day INT
)
RETURNS smalldatetime
AS
BEGIN

RETURN CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME, CONVERT(VARCHAR, @month) + '/' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @day) + '/' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @year))

END

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