Problem while querying from java

Question

I have a query like this ...
Select name,description,start_date from Events where TO_CHAR(start_date,'MM/DD/YYYY')='09/19/2004';
I want to execute the same query using java for which i say
String QQQ="Select name,description,start_date from Events where TO_CHAR(start_date,'MM/DD/YYYY')='?/?/?'"
PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(QQQ);
stmt.setString(1,"09");
stmt.setString(2,"27");
stmt.setString(3,"2004");
But I am not getting the results. Is there anything wrong with the Qusetion marks(?) in the query ?
I get the results if i directly enter the value for the question mark.
Please help.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Date date = get a Date object somehow, perhaps from SimpleDateFormat.parse()
String query = "Select name,description,start_date from Events where start_date = ?";
PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(query);
ps.setDate(1, date);
ps.executeQuery();