Insert current date/time problem in ViewObject

Question

Hi!
I'm trying to setAttribute to a Date type field.
I have a method:
public String getCurrDateString() throws ParseException, java.sql.SQLException {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss aa");
Date currentTime_1 = new Date();
return formatter.format(currentTime_1);
All the time i call this method such as:
HistoryViewImpl histVO=getHistoryView();
Row r=histVO.createRow();
r.setAttribute("Entrydatetime",cp.getCurrDateString());
I get oracle.jbo.domain.DataCreationException: JBO-25009: Cannot create an object of type:oracle.jbo.domain.Date with value:19-Jun-2002 10:14:33 AM
the strange thing is, that Oracle recognizes this kind of format, because if I use different pattern such as "yyyy-MM-dd", which returns string "2002-06-19", r.setAttribute("Entrydatetime",cp.getCurrDateString()) method works fine and in Oracle table field we have inserted value 19-Jun-2002 12:00:00 PM. The problem is, that i don't need 12:00:00 PM as a time, i need current time.
What am i doing wrong? Or does it mean that oracle.jbo.domain.Date doesn't know format "dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss aa"?

Answer 1

Hi!
I'm trying to setAttribute to a Date type field.
I have a method:
public String getCurrDateString() throws ParseException, java.sql.SQLException {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss aa");
Date currentTime_1 = new Date();
return formatter.format(currentTime_1);
All the time i call this method such as:
HistoryViewImpl histVO=getHistoryView();
Row r=histVO.createRow();
r.setAttribute("Entrydatetime",cp.getCurrDateString());Instead of passing in the "String" pass the date object as is. oracle.jbo.domain.Date should be able to convert java.sql.Date/Time/Timestamp and store the time bits as set.
If you have to pass in string, then establish a Formatter on the attribute with appropriate date format and then use the AttributeHints interface from the relevant AttributeDef object on the row to parse the input String into a valid parsed object that you can set into the row.
(See oracle.jbo.uicli.binding.JUCtrlValueBinding.setAttributeInRow() method for a complete usage - source in bc4j\src\bc4juisrc.zip)
I get oracle.jbo.domain.DataCreationException: JBO-25009: Cannot create an object of type:oracle.jbo.domain.Date with value:19-Jun-2002 10:14:33 AM
the strange thing is, that Oracle recognizes this kind of format, because if I use different pattern such as "yyyy-MM-dd", which returns string "2002-06-19", r.setAttribute("Entrydatetime",cp.getCurrDateString()) method works fine and in Oracle table field we have inserted value 19-Jun-2002 12:00:00 PM. The problem is, that i don't need 12:00:00 PM as a time, i need current time.
What am i doing wrong? Or does it mean that oracle.jbo.domain.Date doesn't know format "dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss aa"?