SQL Stored Procedure Parameters being Corrupted?

Question

I have a stored procedure that for now is just suppose to validate your string input as a valid date. I\'ve tried running this outside of a procedure and it works flawlessly, bu

Answer 1

You need to give an explicit length for the varchar parameters. It defaults to 1 character.

char(10) should be enough for valid dates in dd/mm/yyyy format but I guess you might want longer as this is validating potentially invalid dates!

CREATE PROCEDURE spDateRange
@DateMin varchar(30) = NULL,
@DateMax varchar(30) = NULL
AS