Need help on Date format

1) How to get the date in the format of YYYYMMAA?

Hi,
First refrain from posting multiple threads for same question.
What do u mean by AA?
Is it YYYYMMDD?
Variable of type sy-datum always stores date in the format YYYYMMDD. But when u output it displays the seperater.
If u don't want that then simply take it into one character variable.
Check below code.
DATA: date TYPE sy-datum,
char(8) TYPE c.
date = sy-datum.
char = date.
WRITE: date, char.
Thanks,
Vinod.

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Need help in date formatting

Hi,
I need to print date in the following format:
Jan 21, 2007
11:23 AM 21/01/2007
21-01-2007 18:23
Now as per condition of assignment the year, month, day and hour, min, sec all are entered as separate integer values.
my code:
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class stringToDate
// Integer value of date and time variables
int day=21;
int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
// Converting integer value into date
public void convertIntoDate()
     String strTmp= day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+min+":"+sec;
     System.out.println("String: " + strTmp);
     DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
     try
          Date outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
          System.out.println("Converted: " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Exception: " + e);}
public static void main(String args[]) {
     stringToDate dF = new stringToDate();
     dF.convertIntoDate();
}Now as per my code i am able to print in the following format:
String: 21/1/7 18:23:14
Converted: 21/01/0007 18:23:14
But if i try to print in other formats it gives me following error message:
Exception: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "21/1/07"
Please help me....

vinee wrote:
Hi,
I tried different output format but still i'm facing the same issue
Following the complete code and error message....
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class stringToDate
// Integer value of date and time variables
int day=21;
int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
// Converting integer value into date
public void convertIntoDate()
DateFormat dateFormat;
Date outDate=null;
String strTmp= day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+min+":"+sec;
System.out.println("Entered string for date: " + strTmp);
     // Format 01/01/0070 15:24:14
     dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
     try
     outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
     System.out.println("Converted into Date(dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss): " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Exception in format 1: " + e);}
     // Format Jan 21, 2007
     dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, ''yyyy");
     try
     outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
     System.out.println("Converted into Date(EEE, MMM d, ''yyyy): " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception fe)
     {System.out.println("Exception in format 2: " + fe);}
public static void main(String args[]) {
          stringToDate dF = new stringToDate();
          dF.convertIntoDate();
}Following is the error message:
Entered string for date: 21/1/7 18:23:14
Converted into Date(dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss): 21/01/0007 18:23:14
Exception in format 2: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "21/1/7 18:23:14"
Now as per the above error message format one is working fine but format 2(// Format Jan 21, 2007) have some issues...kind suggest.
Edited by: vinee on Oct 2, 2008 4:23 AMPlease re-read my last reply.
Once again : see [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/simpleDateFormat.html]
And your:
int year=07; // should be:
int year=2007;

Need help with date format mask

Hi there, right now I'm trying to set a default date format mask constraint for one of the attributes for my table. I want to set the default mask constraint as MM/DD/YY but I don't know how to. it should be something like:
CREATE TABLE work (WorkDate DATE CHECK (WorkDate = 'MM/DD/YY'))
or something like that, but I don't think that's correct. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

What you want (and should have done) is to read the documentation, starting with the concepts:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/datatype.htm#CNCPT413
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/search?remark=quick_search&word=date&tab_id=&format=ranked
A date is stored as, well, a date, format masks only come into play when you're selecting/retrieving a date or when you want to store a string as a date. Default date formats can be set through NLS_DATE_FORMAT at session and database level.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams122.htm#REFRN10119
Documentation homes (from which you can do a simple quick search):
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/homepage
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/homepage
Bottom line:
Trying to set a default date format mask on a date datatype column makes no sense...

Need help at date format while creating External Tables from Flat file

Hi All,
I have a flat file generated from SQL Server 2005. In that generated flat file the date format is in the format as "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.Millisec" like example "2007-09-08 13:32:36.568".
My task is I have to load this flat file data into Oracle database table running on 9i, but its failing at the creation of external table itself because of this date format. The target table in Oracle the date column data type is "date" only not the "TIMESTAMP".
Can any body suggest how to resolve this?
Thanks,
Sankar

Or:
SQL> select cast(to_timestamp('2007-09-08 13:32:36.568',
2 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.xff') as date) dt
3 from dual;
DT
08-SEP-07

Need Help on Date Format in Apps

Hi,
I am getting error message ORA-01861:literal does not match format string.
My concurrent program has 5 parameters. one of this is Date datatype. I have attached FND_STANDARD_DATE value set for that parameter.
when i submit the concurrent program, i am getting the above error.
I wrote like this query in cursor declaration
SELECT * FROM <TABLE>
WHERE <COLUMN.DATE datatype,'DD/MM/YYYY'>(Retieving Database) = <PARAMETER.DATE.datatype,'RRRR/MM/DD'>(this is fnd_standard_date)
Please any one guide me to solve above qurery.
Thanks in advance

hi
i have similar to above thing
i solved when i have to pass date value to pl/sql procedure that is in fnd_standard_date (yyyy/mm/dd hh24mi ss) format vice versa now i want to pass value from
program paramter form value type as sql statment and default value as select func(sysdate) from dual
i want to know that sysdate is what format is it same fnd_standard_date (but i tried it is showning APP-FND-01564: ORACLE error 904 in FDFGDF)
i tried lot of thing no solution
please help me
in this regard
thankd in advance ....

Need help with data formating.

The following statment places extra spaces to the right of the month. I only want one space to the right of the month.
How do I do that
select to_char(to_date('08/07/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MONTH DD, YYYY') || ' THRU ' || to_char(to_date('08/20/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MONTH DD, YYYY') from
dual
What I get: AUGUST 07, 2007 THRU AUGUST 20, 2007
What I want: AUGUST 07, 2007 THRU AUGUST 20, 2007
Howard

SQL> select
2 to_char(to_date('08/07/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MONTH DD, YYYY') ||
3 ' THRU ' ||
4 to_char(to_date('08/20/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MONTH DD, YYYY') dt
5 from dual
6 union all
7 select
8 to_char(to_date('08/07/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'fmMONTH DD, YYYY') ||
9 ' THRU ' ||
10 to_char(to_date('08/20/2007','MM/DD/YYYY'),'fmMONTH DD, YYYY') dt
11 from dual
12 /
DT
AUGUST 07, 2007 THRU AUGUST 20, 2007
AUGUST 7, 2007 THRU AUGUST 20, 2007Best regards
Maxim

Need Help with Dates

I am printing a calendar and certain events will be helds on certain dates.
One can edit the event if it has not passed the date. Events in the past can be viewed but not edited.
When I query the database the date must be formatted dd-MMM-yy
I am able to get today's date by doing this:
java.util.Date today = new java.util.Date();
String formatString = "dd-MMM-yy";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(formatString);
String today_str = sdf.format(today);
My code for printing the calendar: I left out some of the table formatting in the JSP page.
GregorianCalendar d = new GregorianCalendar();
int today = d.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
int month = d.get(Calendar.MONTH);
d.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,1);
int weekday = d.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
for(int i = Calendar.SUNDAY; i < weekday; i++)
out.print("<td> </td>");
do {
int day = d.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
out.print("<td>" + day + "</td>");
String formatString = "dd-MMM-yy";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(formatString);
//if(event exists on this day
// Get results
// print link for viewing
// if (after today) print link for edit
if(weekday == Calendar.SATURDAY)
out.println("</tr><tr valign=top>");
d.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,1);
weekday = d.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
} while(d.get(Calendar.MONTH) == month);
if(weekday != Calendar.SUNDAY)
System.out.println();
The part I need help on is this:
//if(event exists on this day
// Get results
// print link for viewing
// if (after today) print link for edit
I'm looping through each day of the month to print the days. I have the month, day, year as integers. How can I create a date object out of that and compare it to today's date to test if it's before or after today???
All the function in the Date class that I think would do this have been deprecated.

Need Help with Dates
Here is some information about dates:
There are many edible palm fruits, and one of the most widespread and favored of these is the data (Phoenix dactylifera). Dates were cultivated in ancient land from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt, possibly as early as 6000 B.C. Then--as now--dates were a staple for the natives of those dry regions. Much later, Arabs spread dates around northern Africa, and dates were introduced into California by the Spaniards in 1765, around Mission San Ignacio.
The date prefers dry, hot climates, because date fruits are injured at temperatures of 20 degrees F, and the damp climate of the California coast was not favorable for fruit production. In the mid-1800s, the date industry developed in California's hot interior valleys and in Arizona. Now the date industry in the United States is localized mostly in the Coachella Valley, where the sandy soils permit the plants to be deeply irrigated. Today the new varieties, mostly introduced in this century, produce about 40 million pounds of dates per annum, or over 60% of the dates consumed in this country. The rest are imported mainly from Persia. According to one survey, about one million people are engaged entirely in date palm cultivation worldwide.
Hope that helps.

Date Format (Need result in date format)

Dear ,
i have worked on this query which produce result in error, infact i need result in date format and this format 'MON-YY'. :
select to_date( EFFECTIVE_DATE,'MON-YY' ) as MON_YY FROM GL_JE_LINES
but now EFFECTIVE_DATE is like this format '12/31/2008'

I tell again: a date has no internal format.
There is only a default output-format for date-objects wich is used as default output format and for implicit date conversions.
If you want to know the actual nls_date_format for your session you can use:
select * from nls_session_parameters where parameter='NLS_DATE_FORMAT';You can change it for your session with:
alter session set nls_date_format='<your_new_date_format>';Please take a look at:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams122.htm
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/sql_elements004.htm#sthref405
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/sql_elements003.htm#BABGIGCJ
The internal storage of a date-object does not depend on the actual value of NLS_DATE_FORMAT.
This will only used for output and for implicit conversions e.g. with to_date or to_char without explicit format.
To select a date from a table is also an implicit conversion to character, because you want to see characters on your screen.
Edited by: hm on 29.12.2010 04:20

Need help in date Validation Urgent

Hi ,
We need help in Date Validation.
we have 2 Date fields on the form Start Date, End Date
The requirement is: End Date (May not be greater than 30 years from the start date).
I have written following script on End Date Exit event. But the problem is its calculating 30 years from the Current Date not from the Start Date
var tDate = util.scand("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());
var M = tDate.getMonth();
var D = tDate.getDate();
var Y = tDate.getFullYear();
var SRes = util.printd("yyyy-mm-dd", new Date((Y+30), M,D) );
//app.alert(SRes)if (SRes <= this.rawValue){
app.alert("May not be greater than 30 years from the start date")
xfa.host.setFocus(
this);}
can someone please help me
Regards,
Jay

Hi,
You'll need to get javascript date from LCD field, and calculate & compare with the future date in javascript date.
try following script;
var sDate = StartDate.rawValue;
var wkStartDate = util.scand("yyyy-mm-dd", sDate);
var nYear = wkStartDate.getFullYear();
var nMonth = wkStartDate.getMonth();
var nDay = wkStartDate.getDate();
var wkFutureDate = new Date(nYear + 30 , nMonth, nDay);
sDate = EndDate.rawValue;
var wkEndDate = util.scand("yyyy-mm-dd", sDate);
if (wkEndDate.getTime() > wkFutureDate.getTime()){
xfa.host.messageBox("May not be greater than 30 years from the start date");
xfa.host.setFocus(this);

Need help with date range searches for Table Sources in SES

Hi all,
I need help, please. I am trying to satisfy a Level 1 client requirement for the ability to search for records in crawled table sources by a date and/or date range. I have performed the following steps, and did not get accurate results from Advanced searching for date. Please help me understand what I am doing wrong, and/or if there is a way to define a date search attribute without creating a LOV for a date column. (My tables have 500,00 rows.)
I am using SES 10.1.8.3 on Windows 32.
My Oracle 10g Spatial Table is called REPORTS and this table has the following columns:
TRACKNUM Varchar2
TITLE Varchar2
SUMMARY CLOB
SYMBOLCODE Varchar2
Timestamp Date
OBSDATE Date
GEOM SDO_GEOMETRY
I set up the REPORTS table source in SES, using TRACKNUM as the Primary Key (unique and not null), and SUMMARY as the CONTENT Column. In the Table Column Mappings I defined TITLE as String and TITLE.
Under Global Settings > Search Attributes I defined a new Search Attribute (type Date) called DATE OCCURRED (DD-MON-YY).
Went back to REPORTS source previously defined and added a new Table Column Mapping - mapping OBSDATE to the newly defined DATE OCCURRED (DD-MON-YY) search attribute.
I then modified the Schedule for the REPORTS source Crawler Policy to “Process All Documents”.
Schedule crawls and indexes entire REPORTS table.
In SES Advanced Search page, I enter my search keyword, select Specific Source Group as REPORTS, select All Match, and used the pick list to select the DATE OCCURRED (DD-MON-YY) Attribute Name, operator of Greater than equal, and entered the Value 01-JAN-07. Then the second attribute name of DATE_OCCURRED (DD-MON-YY), less than equals, 10-JAN-07.
Search results gave me 38,000 documents, and the first 25 I looked at had dates NOT within the 01-JAN-07 / 10-JAN-07 range. (e.g. OBSDATE= 10-MAR-07, 22-SEP-07, 02-FEB-08, etc.)
And, none of the results I opened had ANY dates within the SUMMARY CLOB…in case that’s what was being found in the search.
Can someone help me figure out how to allow my client to search for specific dated records in a db table using a single column for the date? This is a major requirement and they are anxiously awaiting my solution.
Thanks very much, in advance….

raford,
Thanks very much for your reply. However, from what I've read in the SES Admin Document is that (I think) the date format DD/MM/YYYY pertains only to searches on "file system" sources (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, etc.). We have 3 file system sources among our 25 total sources. The remaining 22 sources are all TABLE or DATABASE sources. The DBA here has done a great job getting the data standardized using the typical/default Oracle DATE type format in our TABLE sources (DD-MON-YY). Our tables have anywhere from 1500 rows to 2 million rows.
I tested your theory that the dates we are entering are being changed to Strings behind the scenes and on the Advanced Page, searched for results using OBSDATE equals 01/02/2007 in an attempt to find data that I know for certain to be in the mapped OBSDATE table column as 01-FEB-07. My result set contained data that had an OBSDATE of 03-MAR-07 and none containing 01-FEB-07.
Here is the big issue...in order for my client to fulfill his primary mission, one of the top 5 requirements is that he/she be able to find specific table rows that are contain a specific date or range of dates.
thanks very much!

I need help converting date interger in string.

I am a beginner if you can even say that..... But to the point I'm using Dreamweaver and I'm pulling data from my database and it's being displayed on my webpage. Currently the code below pulls the month from the database as a number. I would like it to pull the date and change it from a number to it corresponding abbreviated month. ( ie. if it pulls 12-01-11 I need the 12 to be displayed as DEC on my website.) any help is much appreciated.
<?php echo $row_frt_summary['month']; ?>

You can do it either in SQL or PHP,
For MySQL, use the date_format function with the %b specifier: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format
For PHP, use date_fomat with the M format character: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-format.php
Also, PHP, SQL and application development questions should be posted in the app dev forum.

Need help in date coversion

Hi,
I have a date format which is varchar2 and value is like 2009-03-31..i need to convert to date and it shouldbe like 31-MAR-09
i am getting like 0RA-01981 error..please help me in that

What are you doing with your "date" once you've converted it? Storing it in a DATE column in a table? Using it as part of a date calculation?
You ONLY need to worry about the format of a date when:
a) you are telling the database your string is actually a date (ie. on input into the db)
or
b) you are selecting date information to display to the front end/report
Once a date-string is in DATE format, it's stored in Oracle's internal date format. Since we're humans, it's difficult for us to understand that format, so anytime we view a date, it goes through a translation back into a string for display purposes only.
This can be done via two ways:
1) to_char(your_date_col_or_var, your_date_format) to set the format explicitly, eg: to_char(sysdate, 'dd/mm/yyyy')
or
2) using the default nls_date_format parameter. This can be changed, eg: "alter session set nls_date_format='dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi:ss';"
If that doesn't help you, please provide more information on what you're doing, including sample data and/or code.

Help with date format

Hi, I have a record update form that shows Start date and End date in 2 separate fields like dd/mm/yyyy. When I edit the dates they do not get to the database correctly, all I get is 0000/00/00. I guess this is because the date format accepted by MySQL is yyyy/mm/dd.
I'm stuck because I don't know how to convert the dates back to MySQL format for updating.
This is the code that displays the start date:
//<input name="AG_fechai" type="text" class="CP_loginFormFields" value="<?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_eventosUpdate_RS['AG_fechai'])); ?>" size="32" />
This is the code that displays the end date:
//<input name="AG_fechaf" type="text" class="CP_loginFormFields" value="<?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_eventosUpdate_RS['AG_fechaf'])); ?>" size="32" />
This is my update query.(AG_fechai and AG_fechaf are the start and end date fields) which are not been updated. I appreciate your help. Thanks.
// $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE t_agenda SET AG_fechai=%s, AG_fechaf=%s, AG_precio=%s, AG_horario=%s, AG_titulo_esp=%s, AG_titulo_eng=%s, AG_titulo_ger=%s, AG_titulo_fra=%s WHERE id_AG=%s",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_fechai'], "date",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_fechaf'], "date",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_precio'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_horario'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_esp'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_eng'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_ger'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_fra'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['id_AG'], "int");
mysql_select_db($database_amat_connect, $amat_connect);
$Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $amat_connect) or die(mysql_error());

MySQL stores dates in one format only: the ISO recommended YYYY-MM-DD. You need to reorder the date parts to store the date correctly.
If your input date is in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy, you can convert it by creating a custom function like this:
function convertDate($val) {
$parts = explode('/', $val);
return "$parts[2]-$parts[1]-$parts[0]";
Pass both dates to this function:
GetSQLValueString(convertDate($_POST['AG_fechai']), "date",
GetSQLValueString(convertDate($_POST['AG_fechaf']), "date",

Need help pulling data from an outside file into my array. Please help =)

Hi,
I need help adapting my array to read the interest rates from an outside file. Here is my code and the outside file I wrote. Please help. Oh, the array in question is on line 259, inside of my calculation() method.
Thanks...
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Workshop5 extends JFrame implements ActionListener
     //declare gui components
     //declare labels
     JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
     JPanel graphPane = new JPanel();
    JLabel instructionLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel amountLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel orLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel comboBoxLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel termLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel rateLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel calcLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel paymentLabel = new JLabel();
     JLabel tableLabel = new JLabel();
     //declare font object
     Font labelFont = new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16);
     //declare text fields
     JTextField amountField = new JTextField(20);
     JTextField termField = new JTextField(20);
     JTextField rateField = new JTextField(20);
     JTextField paymentField= new JTextField(20);
     //declare combo box for loan selection
     JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
    //declare button group and radio buttons
    ButtonGroup buttonGroup = new ButtonGroup();
    JRadioButton enterRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Enter amount, term, & rate", true);
    JRadioButton selectRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Select a preset term/rate loan", false);
     //declare button objects
     JButton clearButton = new JButton();
    JButton calcButton = new JButton();
    JButton quitButton = new JButton();
     //declare text area for amortization
     JTextArea amortTextArea = new JTextArea();
     JTextArea testTextArea = new JTextArea();
     //declare scroll bar for amortization table
     JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(amortTextArea,ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
     public Workshop5()
          instructionLabel.setText("Choose one of the following payment calculation options:");
          instructionLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",Font.PLAIN,16));
          //adds both buttons to button group
          buttonGroup.add(enterRadioButton);
          buttonGroup.add(selectRadioButton);
          enterRadioButton.setFont(labelFont);
          enterRadioButton.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
          enterRadioButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
         enterRadioButton.addActionListener(this); //adds action listener to enter radio button
          orLabel.setText("OR");
          orLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",Font.BOLD,18));
          selectRadioButton.setFont(labelFont);
          selectRadioButton.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
          selectRadioButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
          selectRadioButton.addActionListener(this); //adds action listener to select radio button
          amountLabel.setText("Enter mortgage amount");
          amountLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,16));
          amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
          termLabel.setText("Enter term length in years:");
          termLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
          rateLabel.setText("Enter interest rate:");
         rateLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
            comboBoxLabel.setText("Select a loan:");
         comboBoxLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
         comboBox.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
         comboBox.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 14));
         comboBox.setEnabled(false);
         ComboBox();
          calcLabel.setText("Press Calculate button to determine monthly payment.");
         calcLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16));
         calcButton.setText("Calculate");
         calcButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 14));
         calcButton.addActionListener(this);
            //define monthly payment label
         paymentLabel.setText("Monthly payment:");
         paymentLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16));
         //define monthly payment text field
         paymentField.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,16));
         paymentField.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
         paymentField.setEditable(false);
          //define clear button
          clearButton.setText("Clear");
          clearButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,14));
          clearButton.addActionListener(this);
          //define quit button
          quitButton.setText("Quit");
          quitButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,14));
          quitButton.addActionListener(this);
          tableLabel.setText("Amoritization Table");
          tableLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
          graphPane.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
          //add components to content
          getContentPane().add(contentPane);
          contentPane.setLayout(null);
          addComponent(contentPane, instructionLabel, 80,10,450,26);
          addComponent(contentPane, enterRadioButton, 30,40,220,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, orLabel, 280,40,100,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, selectRadioButton, 335,40,350,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, amountLabel, 100,80,220,26);
          addComponent(contentPane, amountField, 300,80,150,26);
          addComponent(contentPane, termLabel, 15,125,200,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, termField, 195,125,125,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, rateLabel, 62,160,200,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, rateField, 195,165,125,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, comboBoxLabel, 400,125,200,26);
          addComponent(contentPane, comboBox, 400,155,150,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, calcLabel, 100,200,400,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, calcButton, 250,240,100,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, paymentLabel, 150,285,200,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, paymentField, 300,285,100,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, clearButton, 100,330,100,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, quitButton, 400,330,100,30);
          addComponent(contentPane, tableLabel, 200,370,300,26);
          addComponent(contentPane, scrollPane, 10,400,450,360);
          addComponent(contentPane, graphPane, 475,400,305,360);
          //add window listener to close window when user presses X
          addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                    System.exit(0);
         pack();
     //method to add components
     private void addComponent(Container container, Component c, int x, int y, int width, int height)
          c.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
          container.add(c);
     //action performed method
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
          Object source = event.getSource();
          if (source == calcButton)
               Calculate();
          if (source == clearButton)
               Clear();
          if (source == quitButton)
               Exit();
          //defines active area based on user selection of mortgage calculation method
           //if user chooses to enter the mortgage manually, combo box fields are inactive
           if (source == enterRadioButton)
                comboBox.setEnabled(false);
                termField.setEnabled(true);
             termField.setEditable(true);
             rateField.setEnabled(true);
             rateField.setEditable(true);
             amountField.setText("");
               amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
               termField.setText("");
              rateField.setText("");
              paymentField.setText("");
              amortTextArea.setText("");
          //if user chooses to select from a preset mortgage, rate and term fields are inactive
          if (source == selectRadioButton)
               comboBox.setEnabled(true);
               termField.setEnabled(false);
               termField.setEditable(false);
               rateField.setEnabled(false);
               rateField.setEditable(false);
               amountField.setText("");
               amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
               termField.setText("");
               rateField.setText("");
               paymentField.setText("");
               amortTextArea.setText("");
     }//end of action performed method
     //combo box method
      public void ComboBox()
           String[] LoanArray = {" 7 years at 5.35 %", " 15 years at 5.50 %", " 30 years at 5.75 %"};
           for (int i = 0; i < LoanArray.length; i++)
                comboBox.addItem(LoanArray);
     }//end combo box method
     //calculation method
     void Calculate()
          //resets fields
          paymentField.setText("");
     amortTextArea.setText("");
          //calculation variables
     NumberFormat currency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
          int [] termArray = {7, 15, 30};                               //array of years
               double [] yearlyInterestArray = {5.35, 5.5, 5.75};           //array of interest
               int totalMonths = 0;                                    //total months
               double Loan = 0.0;                               //amount of loan
               double MonthlyInterest = 0.0;                               //monthly interest rate
               double Payment = 0.0;                               //calculate payment
               double monthlyPayment = 0.0;                                   //calculate monthly payment
               double Interest = 0.0;                                              //variable for Interest Array input
               int Term = 0;                                              //variable for Term Array input
               double NewMonthlyInterest = 0.0;                               //new interest amount
               double NewLoan = 0.0;                               //new loan amount
               double Reduction = 0.0;                               //principle reduction
               //validate input
               try
                    Loan = Double.parseDouble(amountField.getText());
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid Entry. Please enter valid loan amount.", "Error", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
               //resets input fields after error message
          amountField.setText("");
          amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
               //if select button is chosen
          if (selectRadioButton.isSelected())
               int index = comboBox.getSelectedIndex();
               Term = termArray[index];
               Interest = yearlyInterestArray[index];
          //if user chooses to enter mortgage information
          else
               if (enterRadioButton.isSelected())
                    //validates input
          try
          Term = Integer.parseInt(termField.getText());
          catch (NumberFormatException e)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid entry. Please enter valid term length in years.", "Error",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
               //clears fields after error message
               termField.setText("");
               termField.requestFocusInWindow();
          try
               Interest = Double.parseDouble(rateField.getText());
          catch (NumberFormatException e)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid entry. Please enter valid rate (without percent symbol).","Error",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
          //clears fields after error message
          rateField.setText("");
                         rateField.requestFocusInWindow();
               //perform calculations
               if (Loan > 0)
                    Loan = Double.parseDouble(amountField.getText());
                    MonthlyInterest = (Interest / 12)/100;
                    totalMonths = Term * 12;
                    monthlyPayment = Loan * MonthlyInterest *(Math.pow((1 + MonthlyInterest), totalMonths)/(Math.pow((1 + MonthlyInterest), totalMonths)-1));
          paymentField.setText("" + currency.format(monthlyPayment));
                    //send information to amortization text area
               amortTextArea.append("Number\t");
               amortTextArea.append(" Amount\t");
               amortTextArea.append("Interest\t");
               amortTextArea.append("Principle\t");
               amortTextArea.append("Balance\n");
          NewLoan = Loan;
                    for (int i = 1; i <= totalMonths; i++)
                         NewMonthlyInterest = MonthlyInterest * NewLoan;
                         Reduction = monthlyPayment - NewMonthlyInterest;
                         NewLoan = NewLoan - Reduction;
                         amortTextArea.append(" " + i +"\t");
                         amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(monthlyPayment) + "\t");
                         amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(NewMonthlyInterest)+ "\t");
                         amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(Reduction) + "\t");
                         amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(NewLoan) + "\n");
                    //resets fields if loan amount is less than zero
                    if((Loan <= 0 || Term <= 0 || Interest <= 0))
                         paymentField.setText("");
                         amortTextArea.setText("");
     }//end calcualtion method
     //clear method
     void Clear()
          amountField.setText("");
          amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
          termField.setText("");
          rateField.setText("");
          paymentField.setText("");
          amortTextArea.setText("");
     }//end of clear method
     //main method
     public static void main(String args[])
          Workshop5 f = new Workshop5();
          f.setTitle("Carol's Mortgage Calculator");
          f.setBounds(200,100,800,800);
          f.setResizable(false);
          f.setVisible(true);
     }//end of main method
     //exit method
     void Exit()
          System.exit(0);
     }//end of exit method
}//program end
My data file is called: "InterestData.dat" and only contains the following text:
5.35, 5.5, 5.75

Ok, now I am getting this error message:
cannot resolve symbol method lenght()
Please help me out here, this is due tomorrow and I've been killing myself on it...
attaching program with revised code included, see beginning of calculation method line 250:
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.* ;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Workshop5 extends JFrame implements ActionListener
     //declare gui components
    //declare labels
    JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
     JPanel graphPane = new JPanel();
     JLabel instructionLabel = new JLabel();
        JLabel amountLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel orLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel comboBoxLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel termLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel rateLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel calcLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel paymentLabel = new JLabel();
    JLabel tableLabel = new JLabel();
    //declare font object
    Font labelFont = new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16);
    //declare text fields
    JTextField amountField = new JTextField(20);
    JTextField termField = new JTextField(20);
    JTextField rateField = new JTextField(20);
    JTextField paymentField= new JTextField(20);
    //declare combo box for loan selection
    JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
        //declare button group and radio buttons
        ButtonGroup buttonGroup = new ButtonGroup();
        JRadioButton enterRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Enter amount, term, & rate", true);
        JRadioButton selectRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Select a preset term/rate loan", false);
    //declare button objects
    JButton clearButton = new JButton();
        JButton calcButton = new JButton();
        JButton quitButton = new JButton();
    //declare text area for amortization
    JTextArea amortTextArea = new JTextArea();
    JTextArea testTextArea = new JTextArea();
    //declare scroll bar for amortization table
    JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(amortTextArea, ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
     public Workshop5()
         instructionLabel.setText("Choose one of the following payment calculation options:");
        instructionLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",Font.PLAIN,16));
        //adds both buttons to button group
        buttonGroup.add(enterRadioButton);
        buttonGroup.add (selectRadioButton);
        enterRadioButton.setFont(labelFont);
        enterRadioButton.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        enterRadioButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        enterRadioButton.addActionListener(this); //adds action listener to enter radio button
        orLabel.setText("OR");
        orLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",Font.BOLD,18));
        selectRadioButton.setFont(labelFont);
        selectRadioButton.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        selectRadioButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        selectRadioButton.addActionListener (this); //adds action listener to select radio button
          amountLabel.setText("Enter mortgage amount");
        amountLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,16));
        amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
        termLabel.setText("Enter term length in years:");
        termLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
        rateLabel.setText("Enter interest rate:");
        rateLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
        comboBoxLabel.setText("Select a loan:");
        comboBoxLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN,14));
        comboBox.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
        comboBox.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 14));
        comboBox.setEnabled(false);
        ComboBox();
        calcLabel.setText("Press Calculate button to determine monthly payment.");
        calcLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16));
        calcButton.setText("Calculate");
        calcButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 14));
        calcButton.setBackground(new Color(202,255,112));
        calcButton.addActionListener(this);
        //define monthly payment label
        paymentLabel.setText("Monthly payment:");
        paymentLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 16));
        //define monthly payment text field
        paymentField.setFont (new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,16));
        paymentField.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
        paymentField.setEditable(false);
          //define clear button
        clearButton.setText("Clear");
        clearButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,14));
        clearButton.setBackground(new Color(202,255,112));
        clearButton.addActionListener(this);
        //define quit button
        quitButton.setText("Quit");
        quitButton.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD,14));
        quitButton.setBackground(new Color(202,255,112));
        quitButton.addActionListener(this);
          //define label for amortization table
        tableLabel.setText ("Amoritization Table");
          tableLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
        graphPane.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        //add components to content
        getContentPane().add(contentPane);
        contentPane.setLayout(null);
          addComponent(contentPane, instructionLabel, 80,10,450,26);
        addComponent(contentPane, enterRadioButton, 30,40,220,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, orLabel, 280,40,100,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, selectRadioButton, 335,40,350,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, amountLabel, 100,80,220,26);
        addComponent(contentPane, amountField, 300,80,150,26);
        addComponent(contentPane, termLabel, 15,125,200,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, termField, 195,125,125,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, rateLabel, 62,160,200,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, rateField, 195,165,125,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, comboBoxLabel, 400,125,200,26);
        addComponent(contentPane, comboBox, 400,155,150,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, calcLabel, 100,200,400,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, calcButton, 250,240,100,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, paymentLabel, 150,285,200,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, paymentField, 300,285,100,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, clearButton, 100,330,100,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, quitButton, 400,330,100,30);
        addComponent(contentPane, tableLabel, 200,370,300,26);
        addComponent(contentPane, scrollPane, 10,400,450,360);
        addComponent(contentPane, graphPane, 475,400,305,360);
        //add window listener to close window when user presses X
        addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
             public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                  System.exit(0);
        pack();
       //method to add components
       private void addComponent(Container container, Component c, int x, int y, int width, int height)
               c.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
               container.add(c);
       //action performed method
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
               Object source = event.getSource();
               if (source == calcButton)
                       Calculate();
               if (source == clearButton)
                       Clear();
               if (source == quitButton)
                       Exit();
               //defines active area based on user selection of mortgage calculation method
               //if user chooses to enter the mortgage manually, combo box fields are inactive
               if (source == enterRadioButton)
                       comboBox.setEnabled(false);
                       termField.setEnabled(true);
               termField.setEditable(true);
               rateField.setEnabled(true);
               rateField.setEditable(true);
               amountField.setText ("");
                       amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
                       termField.setText("");
                   rateField.setText("");
                   paymentField.setText ("");
                   amortTextArea.setText("");
               //if user chooses to select from a preset mortgage, rate and term fields are inactive
               if (source == selectRadioButton)
                       comboBox.setEnabled(true);
                       termField.setEnabled(false);
                       termField.setEditable(false);
                       rateField.setEnabled (false);
                       rateField.setEditable(false);
                       amountField.setText("");
                       amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
                       termField.setText ("");
                       rateField.setText("");
                       paymentField.setText("");
                       amortTextArea.setText("");
       }//end of action performed method
       //combo box method
        public void ComboBox()
               String[] LoanArray = {" 7 years at 5.35 %", " 15 years at 5.50 %", " 30 years at 5.75 %"};
               for (int i = 0; i < LoanArray.length; i++)
                       comboBox.addItem(LoanArray);
}//end combo box method
//calculation method
     void Calculate()
          //resets fields
          paymentField.setText("");
          amortTextArea.setText("");
          //calculation variables
          NumberFormat currency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
          //declare input stream object
          InputStream istream;
          //create a file object to refer to the outside file
          File interestData = new File("InterestFile.dat");
          //assign instream to the new file object
          istream = new FileInputStream(interestData);
          try
               StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
               BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(interestData));
               String line = "";
               while((line = in.readLine()) != null)
                    sb.append(line);
               in.close();
               String fileData = sb.toString();
               String[] splitData = fileData.split(", ");
               double [] yearlyInterestArray = new double[splitData.length()];
               for(int j = 0; j < splitData.length(); j++)
                    yearlyInterestArray[j] = new Double(splitData[j]).doubleValue();
          catch (IOException e)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "File does not exist." + e.getMessage());
          int [] termArray = {7, 15, 30}; //array of years
          double [] yearlyInterestArray = { 5.35, 5.5, 5.75}; //array of interest
          int totalMonths = 0; //total months
          double Loan = 0.0; //amount of loan
          double MonthlyInterest = 0.0; //monthly interest rate
          double Payment = 0.0; //calculate payment
double monthlyPayment = 0.0; //calculate monthly payment
double Interest = 0.0; //variable for Interest Array input
int Term = 0; //variable for Term Array input
double NewMonthlyInterest = 0.0; //new interest amount
double NewLoan = 0.0; //new loan amount
double Reduction = 0.0; //principle reduction
//validate input
try
     Loan = Double.parseDouble(amountField.getText());
catch (NumberFormatException e)
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid Entry. Please enter valid loan amount.", "Error", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
//resets input fields after error message
amountField.setText("");
amountField.requestFocusInWindow ();
          //if select button is chosen
          if (selectRadioButton.isSelected())
               int index = comboBox.getSelectedIndex ();
               Term = termArray[index];
               Interest = yearlyInterestArray[index];
          //if user chooses to enter mortgage information
          else
               if (enterRadioButton.isSelected())
          //validates input
          try
               Term = Integer.parseInt(termField.getText());
catch (NumberFormatException e)
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid entry. Please enter valid term length in years.", "Error",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
     //clears fields after error message
     termField.setText("");
     termField.requestFocusInWindow();
try
     Interest = Double.parseDouble(rateField.getText());
catch (NumberFormatException e)
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid entry. Please enter valid rate (without percent symbol).","Error",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
     //clears fields after error message
     rateField.setText("");
     rateField.requestFocusInWindow();
          //perform calculations
          if (Loan > 0)
               Loan = Double.parseDouble(amountField.getText ());
               MonthlyInterest = (Interest / 12)/100;
               totalMonths = Term * 12;
               monthlyPayment = Loan * MonthlyInterest *(Math.pow ((1 + MonthlyInterest), totalMonths)/(Math.pow((1 + MonthlyInterest), totalMonths)-1));
paymentField.setText("" + currency.format(monthlyPayment));
//send information to amortization text area
amortTextArea.append("Number\t");
amortTextArea.append(" Amount\t");
amortTextArea.append("Interest\t");
amortTextArea.append("Principle\t");
amortTextArea.append("Balance\n");
               NewLoan = Loan;
               for (int i = 1; i <= totalMonths; i++)
     NewMonthlyInterest = MonthlyInterest * NewLoan;
     Reduction = monthlyPayment - NewMonthlyInterest;
     NewLoan = NewLoan - Reduction;
     amortTextArea.append(" " + i +"\t");
     amortTextArea.append (" " + currency.format(monthlyPayment) + "\t");
     amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(NewMonthlyInterest)+ "\t");
     amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(Reduction) + "\t");
     amortTextArea.append(" " + currency.format(NewLoan) + "\n");
//resets fields if loan amount is less than zero
if((Loan <= 0 || Term <= 0 || Interest <= 0))
     paymentField.setText("");
     amortTextArea.setText("");
     }//end calcualtion method
//clear method
void Clear()
amountField.setText("");
amountField.requestFocusInWindow();
termField.setText("");
rateField.setText("");
paymentField.setText("");
amortTextArea.setText("");
}//end of clear method
//main method
public static void main(String args[])
Workshop5 f = new Workshop5();
f.setTitle("Carol's Mortgage Calculator");
f.setBounds(200,100,800,800);
f.setResizable(false);
f.setVisible(true);
}//end of main method
//exit method
void Exit()
System.exit(0);
}//end of exit method
}//program end

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