You do need ticks (singles) quotes around date values because it's not a numeric value.  Right now if you have 06/06/2006 going into the DB it will treat the slashes as divisions and try to make a math equation out of it.

Ryan


On 6/6/06, Mark Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I thought I didn't need single quotes when passing a numerical value.

and its not the NOW date I need anyway, its the date "desired" (in
the future)


On Jun 6, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Ray Hughes wrote:

> Hi
>
> In the sql that I use I have
>
> modifyDate = '#nowDateTime#'
>
> It could be that you need the single quotes
> duedate='#duedate#'
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>> From: Mark Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> Subject: [DFW CFUG] Newbie Confusion: Dateformat from SQL
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:21:36 -0500
>>
>> OK,
>>
>> I give up!!! I cannot seem to get the date to work correctly. (to
>> insert, modify or output the data in the table).
>>
>> I am CF formatting the date, properly, but its not showing up in
>> the  table anything other than 01/01/01.
>>
>> When I modify the form to insert the new values, its still the
>> same... what can I be doing wrong?
>>
>> The output page is this:   #DateFormat(duedate,"MM-DD-YY")#
>>
>> the modify page looks like this:
>>
>> <cfset duedate1 = DateFormat(#duedate#, "mm/dd/yy")>
>>
>> <input name="duedate" type="text" value="#duedate1#"
>> cfsqltype="CF_SQL_DATE"  />
>>
>> and the modify page posts to the update processing page:
>>
>> UPDATE tasks
>> SET taskname = '#taskname#', taskdescription =
>> '#taskdescription#',  first_name='#first_name#',
>> weburl='#weburl#', test='#test#',  visual='#visual#',
>> comments='#comments#', duedate=#duedate#
>> WHERE taskID = #form.taskID#
>>
>> Any help is appreciated!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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