Compairing a db record date with a dynamic calendar to make date into a hyperlink problem. Please help

Question

Hello;
I need help. I have a dynamic calendar I have been writting. (I realize there are lots of free ones online but I needed one to do something else. this is only a part of the whole.I have everyhting working fine, it advances to the next month and looks really nice.I can't get my query to work. I had it throwing an error, but now it is just spitting out data I didn't want.I will post the code that is the problem, then the whole code for the calendar.
This is the problem code:
<cfset firstOfTheMonth = createDate(year(now()), month(now()), 1)>
<cfset endOfTheMonth = createdatetime(year(now()), month(now()), #daysinmonth(firstOfTheMonth)#, 23, 59, 59)>
<cfquery name="CaleventRec" datasource="#APPLICATION.dataSource#">
SELECT events.eventDate, events.ID AS ID
FROM events
Where eventDate Between #firstOfTheMonth# and #endOfTheMonth#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput>
<cfif thisday is day(now())>
        <b>#ThisDay#</b>
    <cfelse>
        <cfif listFind(days,thisday)>
            <a href="##"><b>thisday</b></a>
        <cfelse>
            #thisday#
        </cfif>
    </cfif>
</cfoutput> 
this is the whole code for the calendar part:
<!--- Declaration of the variables --->
       <cfparam name = "month" default = "#DatePart('m', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "year" default = "#DatePart('yyyy', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "currentday" default = "#DatePart('d', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "startmonth" default = "#DatePart('m', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "startyear" default = "#DatePart('yyyy', Now())#">
<!--- Set a requested (or current) month/year date and determine the number of days in the month. --->
<cfset ThisMonthYear = CreateDate(year, month, '1')>
<cfset Days = DaysInMonth(ThisMonthYear)>
<!--- Set the values for the previous and next months for the back/next links.--->
<cfset LastMonthYear = DateAdd('m', -1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset LastMonth = DatePart('m', LastMonthYear)>
<cfset LastYear = DatePart('yyyy', LastMonthYear)>
<cfset NextMonthYear = DateAdd('m', 1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset NextMonth = DatePart('m', NextMonthYear)>
<cfset NextYear = DatePart('yyyy', NextMonthYear)>
<cfset PreviousDay = DateAdd('d', -1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset CurrentYear = DatePart('yyyy', Now())>
       <table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor ="#ffffff">
            <tr>
                <td align = "center" valign="top">
                    <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%">
   <tr>
      <th align="center" colspan="7" bgcolor="#2b4e6e">
   <cfoutput>
   <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="15%" align="left" valign="middle">
  <cfif (LastYear lt CurrentYear) OR (LastYear lte CurrentYear AND LastMonth lt startmonth)>
<cfelse>
  <a href ="index.cfm?month=#LastMonth#&year=#LastYear#" class="calNav">Prev</a></cfif></td>
        <td width="72%" align="center" valign="middle"><FONT SIZE="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="##ffffff">#MonthAsString(month)# #year#</FONT></td>
        <td width="13%" align="right" valign="middle">
  <cfif (NextYear lt CurrentYear) OR (NextYear lte CurrentYear AND NextMonth lt startmonth)>
<cfelse>
<a href = "index.cfm?month=#NextMonth#&year=#NextYear#" class="calNav">Next</a>  </cfif></td>
      </tr>
    </table></cfoutput></th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Sun</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Mon</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Tue</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Wed</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Thu</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Fri</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Sat</FONT></td>
   </tr>
<cfset firstOfTheMonth = createDate(year(now()), month(now()), 1)>
<cfset endOfTheMonth = createdatetime(year(now()), month(now()), #daysinmonth(firstOfTheMonth)#, 23, 59, 59)>
<cfquery name="CaleventRec" datasource="#APPLICATION.dataSource#">
SELECT events.eventDate, events.ID AS ID
FROM events
Where eventDate Between #firstOfTheMonth# and #endOfTheMonth#
</cfquery>
<cfset ThisDay = 0>
<cfloop condition = "ThisDay LTE Days">
<tr class = "calendar">
<cfloop from = "1" to = "7" index = "LoopDay">
<!--- This turns each day into a hyperlink if it is a current or future date --->
<cfoutput>
<cfif thisday is day(now())>
        <b>#ThisDay#</b>
    <cfelse>
        <cfif listFind(days,thisday)>
            <a href="##"><b>thisday</b></a>
        <cfelse>
            #thisday#
        </cfif>
    </cfif>
</cfoutput>                              
<cfif ThisDay IS 0>
<cfif DayOfWeek(ThisMonthYear) IS LoopDay>
<cfset ThisDay = 1>
</cfif>
</cfif>
<!---If the ThisDay value is still 0, or is greater than the number of days in the month, display nothing in the column. Otherwise, dispplay the day of the mnth and increment the value.--->
<cfif (ThisDay IS NOT 0) AND (ThisDay LTE Days)>
<cfoutput>
<!--- I choose to highlight the current day of the year using an IF-ELSE. --->
<cfif (#ThisDay# EQ #currentday#) AND (#month# EQ #startmonth#) AND (#year# EQ #startyear#)>
<td align = "center" bgcolor="##FFFFCC">
<cfset dayview = #dateformat(createdate(#year#, #month#, #thisday#), "mm/dd/yyyy")#>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="##000000" size="2">#ThisDay#</font>
</td>
<cfelse>
<td align = "center">
<cfset dayview = #dateformat(createdate(#year#, #month#, #thisday#), "mm/dd/yyyy")#>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="##000000" size="2">#ThisDay#</font>
</td>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>
<cfset ThisDay = ThisDay + 1>
<cfelse>
<td></td>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
</tr>
</cfloop>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table> </td>
  </tr>
</table>
Can anyone help me with this? It is the last thing I need to get working and it is driving me crazy. Right now, this code does this:0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
and then at the bottom of 32 numbers and doubles of numbers, is the calendar. So my llink code is making it do this.
Thank you!
I have to point out, it's pretty bad when Adobe is using jsp instead of coldfusion to run their forums.???????

Answer 1

I have been doing a lot of reading, and my code seems to be right accept for my where statement on my query that is matching the db date with the calendar date. (I think) This is what I did, and right now I get an error. I also dumped it and my date is posted at the bottom of this message in it's format.
This is my error:
Parameter validation error for the CREATEODBCDATE function.
The value of parameter 1, which is currently mm/dd/yyyy, must be a class java.util.Date value.
The error occurred in C:\website\event\index.cfm: line 157
155 : SELECT events.eventDate, events.ID AS ID
156 : FROM events
157 : WHERE eventDate = #CreateODBCDate("mm/dd/yyyy")#
158 : </cfquery>
ok this is now my code: (I realize it is long, I tried to make it as easy to follow as possible)
<!--- Declaration of the variables --->
       <cfparam name = "month" default = "#DatePart('m', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "year" default = "#DatePart('yyyy', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "currentday" default = "#DatePart('d', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "startmonth" default = "#DatePart('m', Now())#">
<cfparam name = "startyear" default = "#DatePart('yyyy', Now())#">
<!--- Set a requested (or current) month/year date and determine the number of days in the month. --->
<cfset ThisMonthYear = CreateDate(year, month, '1')>
<cfset Days = DaysInMonth(ThisMonthYear)>
<!--- Set the values for the previous and next months for the back/next links.--->
<cfset LastMonthYear = DateAdd('m', -1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset LastMonth = DatePart('m', LastMonthYear)>
<cfset LastYear = DatePart('yyyy', LastMonthYear)>
<cfset NextMonthYear = DateAdd('m', 1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset NextMonth = DatePart('m', NextMonthYear)>
<cfset NextYear = DatePart('yyyy', NextMonthYear)>
<cfset PreviousDay = DateAdd('d', -1, ThisMonthYear)>
<cfset CurrentYear = DatePart('yyyy', Now())>
<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor ="#ffffff">
            <tr>
                <td align = "center" valign="top">
                    <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%">
   <tr>
      <th align="center" colspan="7" bgcolor="#2b4e6e">
   <cfoutput>
   <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="15%" align="left" valign="middle">
  <cfif (LastYear lt CurrentYear) OR (LastYear lte CurrentYear AND LastMonth lt startmonth)>
<cfelse>
  <a href ="index.cfm?month=#LastMonth#&year=#LastYear#" class="calNav">Prev</a></cfif></td>
        <td width="72%" align="center" valign="middle"><FONT SIZE="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="##ffffff">#MonthAsString(month)# #year#</FONT></td>
        <td width="13%" align="right" valign="middle">
  <cfif (NextYear lt CurrentYear) OR (NextYear lte CurrentYear AND NextMonth lt startmonth)>
<cfelse>
<a href = "index.cfm?month=#NextMonth#&year=#NextYear#" class="calNav">Next</a>  </cfif></td>
      </tr>
    </table></cfoutput></th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Sun</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Mon</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Tue</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Wed</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Thu</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Fri</FONT></td>
    <td><FONT SIZE="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333366">Sat</FONT></td>
   </tr><br><br>
<!--- this is my problem query here--->
<cfquery name="CaleventRec" datasource="#APPLICATION.dataSource#">
SELECT events.eventDate, events.ID AS ID
FROM events
WHERE eventDate = #CreateODBCDate("mm/dd/yyyy")#
</cfquery>
<!--- end query--->
                       <!--- Set the ThisDay variable to 0. This value will remain 0 until the day of the week on which the first day of the month falls on is reached. --->
                        <cfset ThisDay = 0>
                        <!--- Loop through until the number of days in the month is reached. --->
                        <cfloop condition = "ThisDay LTE Days">
                            <tr>
                            <!--- Loop though each day of the week. --->
                            <cfloop from = "1" to = "7" index = "LoopDay">
                            <!--- This turns each day into a hyperlink if it is a current or future date --->
                                <cfif #PreviousDay# EQ Now() - 1>
                                    <cfoutput query="CaleventRec">
                                        <a href = "cal_day.cfm">#Days#</a>
                                    </cfoutput>
                                </cfif>
                            <!---
                                If ThisDay is still 0, check to see if the current day of the week in the loop matches the day of the week for the first day of the month.
                                If the values match, set ThisDay to 1.
                                Otherwise, the value will remain 0 until the correct day of the week is found.
                            --->
                                <cfif ThisDay IS 0>
                                    <cfif DayOfWeek(ThisMonthYear) IS LoopDay>
                                        <cfset ThisDay = 1>
                                    </cfif>
                                </cfif>
                            <!---
                                If the ThisDay value is still 0, or is greater than the number of days in the month, display nothing in the column. Otherwise, dispplay
                                the day of the mnth and increment the value.
                            --->
                                <cfif (ThisDay IS NOT 0) AND (ThisDay LTE Days)>
                                    <cfoutput>
                                    <!--- I choose to highlight the current day of the year using an IF-ELSE. --->
                                        <cfif (#ThisDay# EQ #currentday#) AND (#month# EQ #startmonth#) AND (#year# EQ #startyear#)>
                                            <td align = "center">
                                                <cfset dayview = #dateformat(createdate(#year#, #month#, #thisday#), "mm/dd/yyyy")#>
                                                <font class = "calendartoday">#ThisDay#</font>
                                            </td>
                                        <cfelse>
                                            <td align = "center">
                                                <cfset dayview = #dateformat(createdate(#year#, #month#, #thisday#), "mm/dd/yyyy")#>
                                                <font class = "calendar">#ThisDay#</font>
                                            </td>
                                        </cfif>
                                    </cfoutput>
                                    <cfset ThisDay = ThisDay + 1>
                                    <cfelse>
                                        <td></td>
                                </cfif>
                            </cfloop>
                            </tr>
                    </cfloop>
                    </table>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
My date inthe database is like this = 1/1/2009
So my date is in teh DB with no time on it, I used code in the admin section to force an event date to only be allowed to be in that format.
How can I make this work? Is it only my where statement?
Thanks for the help so far.