conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value

Question

I have the following piece of inline SQL that I run from a C# windows service:

UPDATE table_name SET 
    status_cd = \'2\', 
    sdate = CAST(\'03/28/2011 1         


        

Answer 1

It's a date format issue. In Ireland the standard date format for the 28th of March would be "28-03-2011", whereas "03/28/2011" is the standard for the USA (among many others).