String to date not converted correctly

Question

Hello,
Why am I getting the following error message when i beleive i have formatted the variable date to be in 'MM/dd/yyyy' format?
Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'Err_Date = Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 PST 1998'.
The date should not be in the above format 'Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 PST 1998'.
Here is my code:
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<%@ page import="java.text.SimpleDateFormat"%>
<%@ page import="java.util.Date"%>
<%
Connection con = null;
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
con = DriverManager.getConnection"jdbc:odbc:errorlog", "admin", "");
catch(Exception e){
out.println(e.getMessage());
%>
<%
ResultSet rs=null;
Statement stmt=null;
try {
stmt=con.createStatement();
String start = request.getParameter("From");//TAKEN FROM FORM
String end = request.getParameter("To");//TAKEN FROM FORM
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat ("MM/dd/yyyy");
Date date = dateFormat.parse(end);
String sql="DELETE FROM tblError WHERE Err_Date = "+date+"";
rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);//Err_Date IS A DATE/TIME FIELD
%>
<%
rs.close();
stmt.close();
con.close();
catch (SQLException e) {
out.println(e.getMessage());
%>

Answer 1

I think you need to enclose the date string in single quotes.
E.g., I think you're performing:
DELETE FROM tblError WHERE Err_Date = 04/28/2003
When what you want to perform is:
DELETE FROM tblError WHERE Err_Date = '04/28/2003'