The most common need for stripping time from a datetime value is to get all the rows that represent orders (or visits, or accidents) that occurred on a given day. However, not all of the techniques that are used to do so are efficient or even safe. If you want a safe range query that performs well, use an open-ended range or, for single-day queries on SQL Server 2008 and above, use CONVERT(DATE). Read on to discover why…
