Data Entry In A Datetime Field.

My other thread containg this same topic seems to have some error. It doesn't show up in the main 'SQL Server Database Engine' group at all. So I had to start a new thread instead.

Here's the link to the original - http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1136124&SiteID=1

Here are the contents of the same -





Post#1

Orginally posted by me -

Hi,

I am using SQL Server Management Studio Express for creating my database. I also use the GUI tools for data entry instead of using T-SQL. Whenever I try to enter a value in a field that has a smalldatetime data type, it gives me an error message -
"Invalid Value for cell (row 1, column 2).

The changed value in this cell was not recognised as valid.
.Net Framework Datatype: Datetime
Error Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Type a value appropriate for this data type or press ESC to cancel the change."

Now I have tried entering all different combinations in which one can enter a date or a time or both, including in the format I have specified in the windows regional settings, but I always get the same error message.

How do I input data into the field?





Post#2

Originally posted by Jens K. Suessmeyer -

Hi,

you are using a format SQL Serve ri snot expecting. Which User language did you configured for the accessing user and which date are you trying to insert ?
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

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Post#3

Originally posted by me -

Hi,

I use only English as the default language for all programs, OS included. The date in question is not just one particular date, it is any date or time value, and I've been facing this issue ever since I started using SQL Server Express a year ago. Only I haven't used it much since, and need to seriously develop something now, that I bothered to ask the question here.

Some examples of the values I tried entering yesterday, and none of them worked. (I got the same error message for each value) -

1-1-2007

01-01-2007

01/01/2007

01,01,2007

01:01:2007

Jan 01, 2007 (this is the format I have specified for short date in the Win regional settings - MMM dd, yyyy)

I even tried entering time alongside with all those above figures in the format -

11:35 PM

11:35 AM

23:35

The only time value(s) I didn't try was/were - hh:mms tt - which is the time format specified in my Win regional settings, neither standalone, nor with the date values.

I also tried entering a time value standalone, without the date. Still no go.

(Also, as I have gleaned from previous posts, if all goes well and SQL Server accepts your data, then if you enter just a date value in a datetime field, then the field automatically gets populated with the value of the system time at that moment, and if you enter just a standalone time value, then the date part will be filled by the system date value on the date of the entry. Am I correct so far?)

Now I'm in a real fix because of the inability to enter date/time values.

Could you please help me out?





Post#6

Originally posted by me -

I don't understand. I can enter the datetime values in all the above mentioned combinations if I use an Insert or Update statement using T-SQL, but I can't seem to enter data in the datetime/smalldatetime fields at all if I try to use the GUI of Management Studio Express to enter data. (right click the table, select show table, and the grid view pops up). Ditto for using GUI tools of Visual Studio Express. Is this a bug in the Visual Studio (Express) software?

Also, my other concerns are, once I develop a front-end for data entry using VB, will I face the same issues with data entry in the datetime fields using the GUI of the front end? I can't test that right now, because I'm still learning VB, and cannot create the front end just yet.





Post#7

Originally posted by me this afternoon, but it never showed up on the page -

Alright, I have done a complete reinstall of Win XP, and have also reinstalled SQL Server Express. Prior to this, I had SQLExpress SP1, but now I have directly installed SP2.

Now I continue to face the same issue. SQL Server will not accept any value for any datetime field, unless it is entered as an SQL insert statement. It won't accept the value entered in the exact same format as the insert statement from the GUI mode of Management Studio Express, nor will it take any values from any GUI developed using VBExpress and the fill dataset method. It throws an error everytime. I don't know any other way of databinding and updating/inserting using VB at this time.

I am at my wits' end because of this. I ask again, is this a bug in SQL Server Express? If so how do I report it to MS and get my issue resolved? If not, even then how can I solve this problem?





Could someone please help me out? I am stuck and cannot use the product at all, without the datetime field.