Inserting dates using TO_DATE and getDateTime with preparedStatement

Question

Hi
I have this code here but its giving error msg, *"Cannot find symbol" Symbol: method TO_DATE(...)* . Can someone point to me what is wrong??
public static void pstmtQry(Connection con) {
try{
  queryTable1 =" INSERT INTO Table1 "
                    + "(DATE, ID) "
                    + " VALUES (?, ?)";
  pstmtTable1 = con.prepareStatement(queryTable1);
catch.......{
method1() {
try {
            pstmtTable1.setString(1,*TO_DATE*(getDateTime("dd/MM/yyyy"), "DD/MM/YYYY"));
            pstmtTable1.setString(2,ID);
RS = pstmtTable1.executeQuery();Thanks
Edited by: okun on Jun 9, 2010 9:02 PM
Edited by: okun on Jun 9, 2010 9:03 PM

Answer 1

Below is the query i would like to change to a preparedStatement:
query = " INSERT INTO Table1 "
                   + "(DATE, ID) "
                 + " VALUES ( TO_DATE('"
                  + getDateTime("dd/MM/yyyy") + "','DD/MM/YYYY') "', '"
                   + ID + "')";{code}