This line
sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Date", "1/9/2010 12:00:00
AM")
Adds your parameter as a type string (which gets converted to a varchar by SQL)
Try changing it to
sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Date", New DateTime(1,9,2010))
Or something similar.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:56 PM, jtaylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to insert a row into a SQL Server table but I keep getting
> a "Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime
> data type." error.
>
> This code works:
> sqlCmd = New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO tableName" _
> + " (colDate, colCount)" _
> + " VALUES ('1/9/2010
> 12:00:00 AM', 1)" _
> , connSQL)
> sqlCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
>
> While this does not:
> sqlCmd = New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO tableName" _
> + " (colDate, colCount)" _
> + " VALUES ('@Date', 1)" _
> , connSQL)
> sqlCmd.Parameters.Clear()
> sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Date", "1/9/2010 12:00:00
> AM")
> sqlCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
>
> What am I overlooking?
>
> VB.NET & VS2005
>
