From: | Dave Cramer <Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net> |
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To: | Dan McDaniel <Dan-McDaniel(at)smh(dot)com> |
Cc: | "'pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Inserting 'Dates' in database |
Date: | 2002-04-15 15:03:52 |
Message-ID: | 1018883032.4602.13.camel@inspiron.cramers |
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Dan,
Can you give me some data to input into this function to see how it
breaks ?
Dave
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 17:58, Dan McDaniel wrote:
>
> I am writing a simple Java user interface to a simple data base in
> Postgresql.
> I have no trouble connecting through my code using the JDBC driver. I can
> get several different Resultsets back with no problem. I am having trouble
> inserting data into the database. In particular Date data types. I get a
> message that says "Bad Date external representation".
> Here is how I am trying to solve the problem:
> I am getting a text string from the user interface and storing it in a
> String varialble called " dateInsert".
> Using a method I wrote call "convertDate()" , I am converting this date
> first to a java.util.Date object, a time object and finally to a
> java.sql.Date object called "sqldate" which I include in the Insert
> statement.
>
> here is the code snippet for the "convertDate() method:
> <pre>
> public java.sql.Date convertDate()
> {
> java.util.Date adate;
> DateFormat fmt = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT,
> Locale.US);
> try {
> aDate = fmt.parse(dateInsert); // dateInsert is String from
> JTextPane;
> long time = aDate.getTime();
> sqldate = new java.sql.Date(time);
> }
> catch (ParseException e)
> {
> System.out.println(e);
> }
> return sqldate;
> } //end of convertDate()
> </pre>
>
> I pent allmost 18 hours trying to work this out yesterday and have run out
> of ideas. Can anyone suggest a direction for me?
>
> Thanks
> Dan McDaniel
> Director of Architecture and Facility Planning
> ext. 2048
> beeper 1152
>
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