Incorrect syntax near ')' calling stored procedure with GETDATE
You can't pass in a function call as an argument to your stored procedure. Instead use an intermediate variable:
DECLARE @tmp DATETIMESET @tmp = GETDATE()EXEC DisplayDate @tmp;
As Mitch Wheat mentioned you can't pass a function.
If in your case you should pass in a precalculated value or GETDATE() - you can use default value. For example, modify your stored procedure:
ALTER PROC DisplayDate ( @DateVar DATETIME = NULL) AS BEGIN set @DateVar=ISNULL(@DateVar,GETDATE()) --the SP stuff here SELECT @DateVarENDGOAnd then try:
EXEC DisplayDate '2013-02-01 00:00:00.000'EXEC DisplayDateRemark: Here I supposed that NULL value is not in use for this parameter. If it is not your case - you can use another unused value, for example '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000'
the solution I found was to declare temp variables before executing and pass these into the execution line e.g.
`Declare @ddate date
set ddate = getdate()
EXEC DisplayDate @ddate;`