To_Date Function Migration from oracle to SQL Server

Question

I am migrating my oracle database to SQL Server. What is the easiest way to convert to_date functions? I have many sql which use to_date .

For example I have an update query. It contains following line.What can be solution to convert it to SQL Server 2008 with minimum effort?

Sample Query Line

LAST_LOGIN=to_date('" & m_LAST_LOGIN & "','DD.MM.YYYY HH24:MI:SS') ") 

Answer 1

LAST_LOGIN = convert(datetime, m_LAST_LOGIN, 20)

You can find further information from

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa226054(SQL.80).aspx

Answer 2

This page contains useful conversion information. From what you've given, the following should suffice. (Used with getdate() as an example date)

declare @LAST_LOGIN varchar(21)
set @LAST_LOGIN = convert(varchar(10), getdate(), 104) + ' ' +convert(varchar(10), getdate(), 108)

There is nothing directly to convert it to the format you specify, so you have to concatenate the two conversions as shown above.