Crystal Report Prompt Help

I am working on a Crystal Repot where i am having my query as Command. My Query is as follows
select SHR_NM from UDAC_SHARE_OWNRSHP
where EXTRT_DT= {?arg start date}
group by SHR_NM having count(*) = 1
I have declared an argument called arg_start_date which is based out of a table and its a dynamic prompt.
When i try to compile I get the following error mesage
Failed to retrieve data from the database
Details : 42000:[Microsoft] [ODBC SQL Server Driver] Syntax error or access violation.
Can any one help with this error message.

Your query has "{?arg start date} ", but you state you have declared "arg_start_date". Shouldn't your query be using ("arg_start_date} (with underlines)??
HTH,
Carl

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