The problem is your cfqueryparam You are using the type cf_sql_DATE You need to use cf_sql_timestamp If you use the DATE type, it will only pass the DATE portion of your timestamp into the field.
On 10/1/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A few things to try: > > 1. Insert today's date as well as the time. Since you don't care, it > won't make a diff if you use today or last century. Or, pick your > anniversary, birthday or whatever. Once you choose a date, stick with > it and this will let you perform some valid time math, if needed. > > 2. Make sure you don't have any timezone conversion happening anywhere. > When you say you enter 6:00, but get 12:00, it's like you are living in > the Central Time Zone and it is getting converted, so to speak. > > 3. Type the exact same ancient date into Enterprise Manager and see if > it is converted at that point. That will rule out ColdFusion. > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Ruckelshaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:41 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Stuck on saving times in a SQL server database > > I'm stuck. Could be just because it's late, but I'm not getting > anywhere. > > I'm writing a scheduling application to make my wife's life a bit > easier. One of the tables will contain standard shift times for > employees, i.e. 7:30-16:00, 8:30-17:00. I use these values to populate > a dropdown that a person's shift can be selected from. > > So, I'm trying to store these time values in a SQL Server database. > Table is something like: > > tblScheduledTimes > timestart(datetime) > timeend(datetime) > > The administrator then enters shift start/end times in HH24:mm format > > The problem I am having is on inserting those values into the database. > If I try to insert the value as <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="CF_SQL_DATE" > value="#timeFormat(FORM.timestart)#"> With debug output turned on, I > can see that the value being inserted is {ts '1899-12-30 16:00:00'}, > which is correct (remember, I don't care about the date, just the time). > > However, viewing the actual data in the database, that value is being > stored as 12/30/1899 12:00:00 PM > > Anyone have a clue as to why the value being inserted is correct, but > the value being actually stored isn't? Should I be using a different > data type? Should I just store the time value (i.e. 16:00) as a varchar > value and convert it to part of the date when I store the actual > employee schedule time in the schedule table (which is not the table > shown above)? > > Thanks, > > Pete > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219827 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
