Date issue, need help on this one.

Question

Can anyone show me the proper ways of how to update the SQL date type?
I can't insert records into table because of the "date" problem.
Thanks in advance.
Yee Hiong.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class Personal extends JFrame{
      inpPanel1 inputPanel;
      btnPanel1 buttonPanel;
      dtPersonal data;
      Date dobDate, djDate; // this one... causes problems.
      String uri;
      Connection conn;
      Statement stmtAppendTable;
      ResultSet rs;
      public Personal(){
              super ("Personal");
              Container c = getContentPane();
              c.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
              inputPanel  = new inpPanel1();
              buttonPanel = new btnPanel1();
              buttonPanel.btnSave.addActionListener(new ActionListener()                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                              openDataBase();
                              appendRecord();
                              closeDataBase();
              c.add(inputPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
              c.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
              pack();
              setVisible(true);
              setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      public void openDataBase() {
              uri = "jdbc:odbc:MABA";
              try {
                      Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
              }catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfex) {
                      System.out.println(cnfex.getMessage());
              try {
                      conn  = DriverManager.getConnection(uri);
                      stmtAppendTable = conn.createStatement(
                      ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE,
                      ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
                      rs = stmtAppendTable.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Personal");
              }catch(SQLException sqlex) {
                      System.out.println(sqlex.getMessage());
      public void appendRecord() {
              data = new dtPersonal();
              data.setID(Integer.parseInt(inputPanel.tfPersonalID.getText()));
              data.setName(inputPanel.tfName.getText());
              if(inputPanel.rbMale.isSelected()) {data.setSex("M");}
              else
              if(inputPanel.rbFemale.isSelected())
                      {data.setSex("F");}
              data.setAddress1(inputPanel.tfAddress1.getText());
              data.setAddress2(inputPanel.tfAddress2.getText());
              data.setAddress3(inputPanel.tfAddress3.getText());
              data.setCity(inputPanel.tfTownCity.getText());
              data.setState(inputPanel.cboState.getSelectedItem().toString());
              data.setContactPhone(inputPanel.tfContactPhone.getText());
              data.setHeight(Double.parseDouble(inputPanel.tfHeight.getText()));
              data.setWeight(Double.parseDouble(inputPanel.tfWeight.getText()));
              data.setStatus(inputPanel.tfStatus.getText());
              data.setDateOfBirth(inputPanel.tfDateOfBirth.getText());
              data.setDateJoined(inputPanel.tfDateJoin.getText());
              dobDate = Date.valueOf(data.getDateOfBirth());
              djDate  = Date.valueOf(data.getDateJoined());
              try {
                      rs.moveToInsertRow();
                      rs.updateInt("Personal_ID", data.getID());
                      rs.updateString("Name", data.getName());
                      rs.updateString("Sex", data.getSex());
                      rs.updateString("Address1", data.getAddress1());
                      rs.updateString("Address2", data.getAddress2());
                      rs.updateString("Address3", data.getAddress3());
                      rs.updateString("State", data.getState());
                      rs.updateString("Town", data.getCity());
                      rs.updateString("Contact", data.getContactPhone());
                      rs.updateDouble("Height", data.getHeight());
                      rs.updateDouble("Weight", data.getWeight());
                      rs.updateDate("Date_of_Birth", dobDate);
                      rs.updateDate("Date_Joined", djDate);
                      rs.updateString("Status", data.getStatus());
                      rs.insertRow();
                      System.out.println("Data Insert Successful");
              }catch(SQLException sqlex) {
                      System.out.println(sqlex.getMessage());
      public void closeDataBase() {
              try {
                      rs.close();
                      stmtAppendTable.close();
                      conn.close();
              }catch(SQLException sqlex) {
                      System.out.println(sqlex.getMessage());
      public static void main(String args[]){
              new Personal();
}

Answer 1

It crashes when I insert a record to Access's database. I remove the date data type then it runs fine. How to solve this date problem?