- (Subtract) (SQL Server Compact Edition)

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Subtracts two numbers. This subtraction arithmetic operator can also subtract a number, in days, from a date.

Syntax

expression - expression

Arguments

  • expression
    Any valid expression in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition of any of the data types of the numeric data type category, except the bit data type.

Result Types

Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence.

Example

The following example uses the subtraction arithmetic operator to get the number of days between the time a customer placed an order and when the order was shipped.

SELECT (DATEPART(day, ShippedDate) - DATEPART(day, OrderDate)) FROM Orders WHERE OrderID = '10248'
--The value returned is '12'.