Problem inserting date using the date function

Question

Hi there,
I am getting this error The value
"#CREATEODBCDATE(StartDate)#" could not be converted to a date. I
used different methods including the Now() function but getting
always the converted to a date error. The database fields are set
to datetime format with length of 8 bits. The database is sql
server database and the date format I use is
=dateformat(now(),"mm-dd-yyyy")&timeformat(now(),"hh:mm:ss ".
The actual time format the datbase us is the same format except
there is AM or PM after the time, is this one of the reasons?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

In my SQL Server inserts I insert a date like the the NOW()
function
as
insert into table (col1, date1) values ('texthere', GETDATE()
your issue may be that the insert, update, or delete needs to
be an SQL
command, not
a coldfusion one Coldfusion's now() --> SQL Server's
getdate()
For Updates or deletes, where I want to match a date, I let
CF do a bit of
the work inside the
sql statement....
update table set datefield = <cfqueryparam
cfsqltype="cf_sql_date"
value='#meetdate#'>
(where '#meetdate#' is the form date or date that I want to
update. CF then
verifies it is a proper date structure before attemptint to
save to the SQL
SErver datetime field :)
HTH,
DixieGAl
(although I
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| Hi there,
|
| I am getting this error The value
"#CREATEODBCDATE(StartDate)#" could not
be
| converted to a date. I used different methods including the
Now()
function but
| getting always the converted to a date error. The database
fields are set
to
| datetime format with length of 8 bits. The database is sql
server database
and
| the date format I use is
|
=dateformat(now(),"mm-dd-yyyy")&timeformat(now(),"hh:mm:ss ".
The actual
time
| format the datbase us is the same format except there is AM
or PM after
the
| time, is this one of the reasons?
|
| Thanks for your help.
|