FAIL TO USE GETDATE() ON A FUNCTION

I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I get
the following error message:
INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
function?
Search the archives and you will find workarounds and the reason for this. One workaround is to
create a view in which you call getdate and use that view. But be aware that this makes getdate
non-atomic and non-deterministic.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message news:u3hj6nu0EHA.3468@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I get
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>
|||Also see http://www.aspfaq.com/2439
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"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message
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> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I
get
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>

FAIL TO USE GETDATE() ON A FUNCTION

I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I get
the following error message:
INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
function?Search the archives and you will find workarounds and the reason for this. One workaround is to
create a view in which you call getdate and use that view. But be aware that this makes getdate
non-atomic and non-deterministic.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message news:u3hj6nu0EHA.3468@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I get
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>|||Also see http://www.aspfaq.com/2439
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"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message
news:u3hj6nu0EHA.3468@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I
get
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>

FAIL TO USE GETDATE() ON A FUNCTION

I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I get
the following error message:
INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
function?Search the archives and you will find workarounds and the reason for this. O
ne workaround is to
create a view in which you call getdate and use that view. But be aware that
this makes getdate
non-atomic and non-deterministic.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message news:u3hj6nu0EHA.3468@.TK2MSFTNGP14.ph
x.gbl...
> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I g
et
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>|||Also see http://www.aspfaq.com/2439
http://www.aspfaq.com/
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"Comfort P." <comfort.peter@.stcl.com> wrote in message
news:u3hj6nu0EHA.3468@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I have created my function call a getdate(). After running my function I
get
> the following error message:
> INVALID USE OF GETDATE() IN A FUNCTION.
> Is there any alternative to this as I need to know the current date in my
> function?
>

Extremely weird SQL problem

Figure this...
INSERT INTO Recipient (RC_D_ID, RC_C_ID, RC_DATE)
SELECT DISTINCT 20000, subscriber.id_email, GETDATE()
FROM subscriber, Listmember
WHERE Listmember.LM_C_ID = subscriber.id_email
AND ((subscriber.banned = 0
AND subscriber.id_email < 5000000)
AND (Listmember.LM_L_ID = 253))
says ...
648842 rows affected
however...
SELECT DISTINCT 20000, subscriber.id_email, GETDATE()
FROM subscriber, Listmember
WHERE Listmember.LM_C_ID = subscriber.id_email
AND ((subscriber.banned = 0
AND subscriber.id_email < 5000000)
AND (Listmember.LM_L_ID = 253))
only returns 267564
in the Query Analyzer window.
And to top it all off... about 30 minutes after I
noticed it and investigated... it stopped happening.
Now both queries above affect the same number of rows.
This is the 4th time this has happened.
I haven't found any patters in log files or memory
settings or data types of fields.. .etc.
It's a brand new SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.
6gb ram. Dual 3.06 ghz 1mb cache, Perc4/Dc Raid 10,
on 5x145gb scsi drives.
This problem wasn't happening on standard edition
that we migrated from about a month ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated."Nick" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Figure this...
> INSERT INTO Recipient (RC_D_ID, RC_C_ID, RC_DATE)
> SELECT DISTINCT 20000, subscriber.id_email, GETDATE()
> FROM subscriber, Listmember
> WHERE Listmember.LM_C_ID = subscriber.id_email
> AND ((subscriber.banned = 0
> AND subscriber.id_email < 5000000)
> AND (Listmember.LM_L_ID = 253))
> says ...
> 648842 rows affected
> however...
> SELECT DISTINCT 20000, subscriber.id_email, GETDATE()
> FROM subscriber, Listmember
> WHERE Listmember.LM_C_ID = subscriber.id_email
> AND ((subscriber.banned = 0
> AND subscriber.id_email < 5000000)
> AND (Listmember.LM_L_ID = 253))
> only returns 267564
> in the Query Analyzer window.
> And to top it all off... about 30 minutes after I
> noticed it and investigated... it stopped happening.
--
Hi Nick,
I would update statistics, free procedure cache and rebuild indexes if I see
inconsistent results like this. I will also review execution plans for any
discrepancies.
Hope this helps,
--
Eric Cárdenas
SQL Server support