Enter a date as a parameter tp a PreparedStatement

Question

Hey everyone,
I'm trying to get some info form an access database on the basis of the value on a date field. I'm getting the following error: Data Type mismatch in criteria expression. Here's my code:
private static String STRING_SQL = "SELECT * FROM ATABLE WHERE DATE = ?";
Prepared Statement statement = connection.prepareStatement (STRING_SQL);
statement.setDate (1, new java.sql.Date(date.getTime().getTime()));
ResultSet results = statement.executeQuery();
Note that date is a calendar object.
Can anyone help?
Thanks

Answer 1

hi lydiar,
MS-Access isn't JDBC compliant, nor is it Ansi SQL compliant!
so your best is to specify your Date query parameter as a string:    java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime().getTime());
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a");
    String dateString = dateFormat.format(sqlDate);
    statement.setString(1, dateString);
    ResultSet results = statement.executeQuery();cheers,
John