Update on MS Access DB does not work

Question

Hi everybody!
Any ideas, why this UPDATE Statement does not work?
Statement s = con.createStatement();
               //Update Statement
               String updateString = "UPDATE Attends " +
                                                                      "SET Date = '12.05.2004' " +
                                                                      "WHERE LVA LIKE 'NET4'";
               s.executeUpdate(updateString);
               s.close();
The Table Attends consists out of 3 columns, MatNr --> Type: Text, LVA --> Type: Text and Date--> Type: Date (also tested as Text, does not work either)
The column Date is empty, updates on the column matNr and LVA work perfect, but why not on Date?
I always get an Java.SQL.Error -> Syntax Error...
Thx in Advance!
Stef

Answer 1

Having a column named Date is a terrible idea. It's a keyword in every database. Change that to something more meaningful for your problem. I'll assume you'll call it AttendanceDate.
Use PreparedStatement - it'll escape that Date properly for you:
String attendanceDateAsStr = "12.05.2004";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM.dd.yyyy");
java.util.Date attendanceDate = format.parse(attendanceDateAsStr);
String updateString = "UPDATE Attends SET Date = ? WHERE LVA LIKE ?";
PreparedStatement s = con.prepareStatement(updateString);
s.setDate(1, new java.sql.Date(attendanceDate.getTime()));
s.setString(2, "NET");
int numRowsUpdated = s.executeUpdate(updateString);
s.close(); %