Re: Date in a query Statement

[Paul Copeland]

Use a java.sql.Date value as the parameter in a PreparedStatement. If
you want to use a hardcoded literal date as in your example, you will
need to use a database conversion function for dates, depending in which
database product you are using.
Paul Copeland - JOT Servlets - http://www.jotobjects.com

Date:    Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:44:44 -0700
From:    Chris Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Date in a query Statement
The best option would be to use a prepared statement like this:

        PreparedStatement pst = con.prepareStatement("SELECT
code,fname,lname FROM employee WHERE datestarted = ?");
        try {
          pst.setDate(1,datestarted);
          ResultSet res = pst.executeQuery();
          try {
            while(res.next()) {
//              Do something with the Results
            }
          } finally {
            res.close();
          }
        } finally {
          pst.close();
        }
  (*Chris*)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasoul Hajikhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:45 PM
Subject: [SERVLET-INTEREST] Date in a query Statement


Hello,
I have the following sql statement:
SELECT code,fname,lname FROM employee WHERE datestarted = '02/12/2001'

This works fine when executed through dbaccess, but when I use JDBC to get
a

ResultSet nothing is returned.
I am using  JDBC.2.21.JC5, my back end eis is Informix Universal server.
Also, the query executes fine when I remove the date part:
SELECT code,fname,lname FROM employee

Can any one tell me what am I doing wrong since I am new to JDBC.

Thanks in advance.
-r

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