"Date / Date Time" type parameters in crystal reports 2008

i am using parameters in crystal report to select records. one of the parameters is "From Date" of type Date Time.
i mapped this parameter to a field "DateIn" of type smalldatetime in my sql table.
Now, when i open the report it asks for "From Date" but b y default it sets the time to current time so i have to change it to 00:00:00 manually. i want it to show 00:00:00 by default. which means i don't want time here.
For this if i select the datatype of parameter "From Date" as Date only then i am not able to map it to the "DateIn" field of the sql table.
Please help me out of this.
Edited by: rohit0825 on Jun 2, 2010 2:25 PM

>
Deepravs wrote:
> Hi Rohit,
>
> Change the Parameter to Date Datatype and use this formula in the "Record Selection Formula " (Report Tab -> Selection Formulas -> Record)
>
> = CDateTime ({?From Date})
>
> Though the parameter is date datatype it converts to datetime datatype amd maps to the desired column.
>
>
> Thanks,
Great !!!
this is working.
i found another way, i changed the datatype of parameter to Date and click ok and everything was good, it doesn't require any conversion to date time.
Thank You so much. All Points You.
Edited by: rohit0825 on Jun 3, 2010 10:47 AM

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