Also, using the proper Date/Timestamp/etc. data type eliminates problems with consistency across tables. One table might hold a date as MM/DD/YY while another as MM/DD/YYYY and another as YYYY/MM/DD or YY-MM-DD or  MM-DD-YYYY or... etc... you get the idea. :)

Chris


Christopher Jordan wrote:
Mark,

As a general rule, I always store dates as date types (or timestamps) rather than as string representations of dates (YYYY-MM-DD) or even as numeric representations of dates (YYYYMMDD)... it's helpful when you want to do date comparisons and such that your dates will already be formatted correctly, and ColdFusion will already be able to understand them properly.

That is, of course, just my opinion. :)

Chris

Dave Shuck wrote:
Mark, have you tried:

WHERE .... duedate=#CreateODBCDate(duedate)#

or even better...

WHERE  .... duedate = <cfqueryparam type="cf_sql_date" value=#CreateODBCDate(duedate)# />



~d


On 6/6/06, Mark Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry, MSSQL 7.  table, meaning the "tasks" table that I am storing
the data.


On Jun 6, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Matt Woodward wrote:

> When you say "in the table" what specifically do you mean?  What
> database are you using?
>
> On 6/6/06, Mark Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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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