Help With Exception: Conversion Failed When Converting Datetime From Character String.
Mar 7, 2007
Hi,
I am trying to insert an entry into my database, but I keep on getting the following error: "Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string." My query is a parameterized T-SQL query (i.e. "INSERT INTO blah (name, dob) VALUES (@name, '@dob')"), and I have initialized the SqlCommand object by doing: sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", "Captain America");
sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dob", birthdate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt");
The dob field in the table 'blah' is a smalldatetime datatype, and in the code above, the birthdate object is a DateTime object.
I can insert into my database using a normal T-SQL through Management Studio,
For example, INSERT INTO blah (name, dob) VALUES ('Captain America', '11/27/1923 12:34 PM')
But it doesn't work when I try doing it the way I have listed above. It's really annoying because I don't know how to debug or if it is possible to debug the query. So first off, I want to ask, does anyone know how why this exception is occuring? Secondly, is it possible to debug the query? and if yes, how? And finally, is there a way for me to extract the T-SQL query sent to the SQL Server with the parameters filled in their values? For example, after adding all parameters to the SqlCommand via sqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue(), can I get the T-SQL query that is sent to the server?
WHEN 'DAYS' THEN DATEDIFF(dd, CHECKOUT_TS, GETDATE())
ELSE DELIVER_ID END
FROM REQUEST
If @sortcolumn has 'DATE' or 'DAYS' it runs fine....any other value, I get an exception "Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string". All columns except CHECKOUT_TS are of type varchar.
I am trying to write a SP in Query Analyzer before I start the code from a web form to acces it. Here is the SQL: ------------------------------------------- DECLARE @cReportGroups Varchar(500)DECLARE @StartDateRange DateTime DECLARE @EndDateRange DateTime SET @cReportGroups = '''VCCEddieBauer'',''VCCEddieBauerDirect'', ''VCCEddieBauerOrder'', ''VCCEddieBauerOvernight'', ''VCCEddieBauerSpanish'', ''VCCEddieBauerCustomerService''' SET @StartDateRange = '09-16-2007' SET @EndDateRange = '01-31-2008' BEGIN Declare @sql As Varchar(800) Set @sql = 'SELECT ttalkacd, cName, dIntervalStart, cReportGroup' + ' FROM IAgentQueueStats ' +' WHERE dIntervalStart >= ' + @StartDateRange ---- ' AND dIntervalStart <= ' + EndDateRange + ---- ' AND cReportGroup IN (' + @cReportGroups + ')' + ---- ' AND cHKey3 = ''*''' + -- ' ORDER BY dIntervalStart' --+ ---- ' COMPUTE SUM(ttalkacd)' --Print(@sql) exec (@sql) END ----------------------------------------------- Just trying to get the first >= filter working before I fill in the >= working to complete the date range logic. But I keep getting this conversion error. Why does SQL think that anything is a character string?All dates are declared as DateTime.I have tried a bunch of combinations like Convert(DateTime, @StartDateRange, 101).Nothing seems to work.
I received the above error message when I try to convert a field to a date.
Here is the line of sql:
convert(datetime, cast(EligibilityEndDate as char(8)), 112) as EligibilityEndDate,
EligibilityEndDate is stored as an integer in our source system, so dates display 20080201.
Looks like the data is not a correct date. If I just bring in the field as is, and load results into a text file or Access, I can't see the offending record. The query returns around 320K records.
Is there another way of finding the invalid record(s)?
Code Snippet SELECT Account.New_DistributorAccountNumber, Account.New_NameonBill, ActivityPointer.Subject, ActivityPointer.CreatedOn AS ExprX FROM Account INNER JOIN ActivityPointer ON Account.AccountId = ActivityPointer.RegardingObjectId UNION SELECT Account_1.New_DistributorAccountNumber AS Expr1, Account_1.New_NameonBill AS Expr2, ActivityPointer_1.CreatedOn AS Expr19, ActivityPointer_1.Subject AS Expr20 FROM Account AS Account_1 INNER JOIN Contact AS Contact_1 ON Account_1.AccountId = Contact_1.AccountId INNER JOIN ActivityPointer AS ActivityPointer_1 ON Contact_1.ContactId = ActivityPointer_1.RegardingObjectId
gives the error mentioned above. Each select statement, when run separately, works fine. Any clues?
This is probably a simple wuestion but i would appreciate some help I am trying to get and insert the userId into a table called "Orders" I got the user id as Dim CustomerId As Object = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name).ProviderUserKey.ToString The button on click command is worldshop.ShoppingCart.CreateOrder(CustomerId,......................... The Function Has the parameter for Customer Id as follows Dim dbParam_CustomerId As System.Data.IDataParameter = New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter dbParam_CustomerId.ParameterName = "@CustomerId" dbParam_CustomerId.Value = CustomerId dbParam_CustomerId.DbType = System.Data.DbType.String command.Parameters.Add(dbParam_CustomerId) When i run this I am getting the error message "Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier." Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong many thanks Martin
Hi, i have a problem, i keep getting this Error. I want to insert an uniqueidentifier using a textbox, i use the following code to insert. SqlDataSource1.InsertParameters["RWID"] = new Parameter("RWID", TypeCode.String, RWID); SqlDataSource1.Insert(); The databasetype is an uniqueidentifier of that column. Anyone who can help me with this problem?
I am trying to store a unique identifier that is text into a field in a SQL DB that is type uniqueidentifier and I get the follow error message.
Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier. My Code is shown below: comSQL.Parameters.AddWithValue("@PROPERTYID", Format(Request.QueryString("ID").ToString, "{0:########-####-####-####-############}")) This has worked before but isnt' anymore. Any ideas?
Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string. I am getting this error while inserting values in the DB from my application. I have done insertion before too , but i never receive this strange error but when I insert the same thing manually then i didn't get this error ...
The format I used is also yyyy-mm-dd then how to solve this error?????????
I am newbie in asp and sql, and I am using VS & SQL expresswhen I try to submit I get following error"Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type"Following is my insert statement<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:oncallConnectionString %>"SelectCommand="SELECT data.* FROM data" InsertCommand="INSERT INTO data(Apps, Location, Impact, System, Date, Start_Time, End_Time, Duration, Problem, Cause, Solution, Case, Comments) VALUES ('@DropDownList1','@DropDownList2','@DropDownList3','@TextBox6','@DropDownCalendar1','@DropDownCalendar2','@DropDownCalendar3','@TextBox1','@TextBox2','@TextBox3','@TextBox4','@TextBox5','@TextBox7')"></asp:SqlDataSource>These are @DropDownCalendar1','@DropDownCalendar2','@DropDownCalendar3' defined as datetime in database.I would appriciate if somebody could help.
Hello, I have problem with this code.(This program presents - there is GridView tied to a SQL database that will sort the data selected by a dropdownList at time categories. There are 2 time categories in DropDownList - this day, this week. Problem: when I choose one categorie in dropDownlist for examle this week and submit data on the server I got this error. Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type. Here is code: <%@ Page Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server">
I am running the following query: select distinct hqvend, hqvprd,fprod,idesc,ilead,sum(cast(fqty as int) )as fqty, (cast(hqvend as varchar(5))+'/'+ltrim(rtrim(fprod))+'/'+cast(ilead as varchar(3))) as Keydata,'L1/'+rtrim(fprod) as LocPartno from tblkfpl01 inner join hqtl01 on (fprod=hqprod) inner join iiml01 on (hqvend=ivend and hqprod=iprod) where cast(cast(hqeff as varchar(8)) as smalldatetime) <= (Select CONVERT(varchar(8), getdate(), 1)) and cast(HQDIS as varchar(8)) >= (Select CONVERT(varchar(8), getdate(), 1)) and hqvend like '134%' group by hqvend,fprod,hqvprd,idesc,ilead order by hqvend,fprod The bold sections are giving me the error message. The query works as written above, butis only evaluating on one date, contained in hqeff. However, when I try to modify the second date, HQDIS, by casting it the same way as the one before it: select distinct hqvend, hqvprd,fprod,idesc,ilead,sum(cast(fqty as int) )as fqty, (cast(hqvend as varchar(5))+'/'+ltrim(rtrim(fprod))+'/'+cast(ilead as varchar(3))) as Keydata,'L1/'+rtrim(fprod) as LocPartno from tblkfpl01 inner join hqtl01 on (fprod=hqprod) inner join iiml01 on (hqvend=ivend and hqprod=iprod) where cast(cast(hqeff as varchar(8)) as smalldatetime) <= (Select CONVERT(varchar(8), getdate(), 1)) and cast(cast(HQDIS as varchar(8)) as smalldatetime) >= (Select CONVERT(varchar(8), getdate(), 1)) and hqvend like '134%' group by hqvend,fprod,hqvprd,idesc,ilead order by hqvend,fprod I get the error message. I need to select based on both dates (hqeff AND HQDIS), but cannot seem to be able to it.... Both fields are of type Dedimal, with a length of 8, and dates stored in them look like: 20071003 (YYYYMMDD). Any suggestions?
I have SQL Server 2005 database table with the following data definition as follows:
ID int LST_TIME varchar(5) LST_DATE varchar(21) LST_WEEK int SUBJECT varchar(100)
Date format (Month,day YEAR) eg.- October, 21 2007 Time format, 00 - 23 hours, HH:MM eg. - 18:58
, and a VB code as below:
Dim Command As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.LISTS WHERE (LST_WK = DATEPART(wk, GETDATE())) AND (CONVERT(datetime, LST_DATE) = CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar, GETDATE(), 110))) AND(CONVERT(smalldatetime, LST_TIME) = CONVERT(smalldatetime, CONVERT(varchar(5), GETDATE(), 108)))", conn)
Dim dataReader As SqlClient.SqlDataReader = Command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection) While dataReader.Read()
Dim NewAlert As New Alert(dataReader("SUBJECT").ToString(), DateTime.Parse(dataReader("LST_DATE").ToString(), DateTime.Parse(dataReader("LST_TIME").ToString())))
: : : I am encountering error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type, which points to the codes in bold. Just wondering anyone out there has got a solution to my problem. Thank you.
Recently i traspased a database from sql server 2000 in spanish to sql server 2005 in english. I change the language of the user sa to spanish and the database is in spanish. . The problem is our dateformat is dmy, i try to force with set dateformat dmy, but always i execute a stored procedure that have a date as input it fail. The error is:
Msg 295, Level 16, State 3, Procedure pa_CalendarioGestion, Line 40 Conversion failed when converting character string to smalldatetime data type.
The code of stored procedure in this line is:
set @diaActual = dateadd("d", @i, @fechaInicio)
This stored procedure in sql server 2000 in spanish not have any problems. For this reason i think the problem is in the configuration.
This is my code and I don't know why this error keeps coming out : PS : I did cursor to execute query.Th error showed is bold:
DECLARE RegCreatedDate CURSOR FOR SELECT DISTINCT (CONVERT(NVARCHAR,CreatedDate,103)) FROM CA_Registration WHERE Month(CreatedDate)= @paMonthIn AND YEAR(CreatedDate)=@paYearIn OPEN RegCreatedDate FETCH NEXT FROM RegCreatedDate INTO @RegCreatedDate WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
I'm trying to select only July from show_held but I keep on getting the error message saying:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
I get error message after I write this code:
ANDshow.show_held = '&July&'
As you can see from the below code, How do I select July from times_held_in_July?
SELECTevent_name, DATENAME (MONTH, show_held) AS times_held_in_July FROMevent, show WHEREevent.show_id = show.show_id
Result:
event_name times_held_in_July DressageJuly Jumping July Led in July Led in September Led in May DressageApril DressageJuly Flag and PoleJuly SELECTevent_name, DATENAME (MONTH, show_held) AS times_held_in_July FROMevent, show WHEREevent.show_id = show.show_id ANDshow.show_held = '&July&'
Result:
Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 24
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
Hi,I'm new at asp .net and am having a problem. On a linkbutton click event, I want to insert into my db a row of data which includes two parameters. Param1 is the id of the logged in user, and Param2 is <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 'UserId')%> which is the username of a user given through a datalist.When I execute the query: "insert into aspnet_friendship (userId, buddyId) values (@Param1, @Param2)"I get the error: Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.I am trying to insert these into my table aspnet_friendship into the columns userId and buddyId which are both uniqueidentifier fields. I tested the query using the same values (@Param1, @Param1) and (@Param2, @Param2) and found out that the problem is with Param2 because when I use Param1 the insert works perfectly. The value passed by Param2 is supposed to be the id of a user which I get from the datalist which selects * from aspnet_Users, so that <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 'UserId')%> should also be an Id like Param1 is. Since both params are in the form of .toString(), I don't understand why one works but the other doesn't.As you can see in the code below, both of these parameters are dimmed as strings, so I don't understand why Param2 doesn't work. Can anyone please help? Protected Sub LinkButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Dim MyConnection As SqlConnection MyConnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|ASPNETDB.MDF;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True") Dim MyCommand2 As SqlCommand Dim CurrentUser As String CurrentUser = Membership.GetUser.ProviderUserKey.ToString() Dim add As String add = "<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 'UserId')%>".ToString() Session("username") = User.Identity.Name Dim InsertCmd As String = "insert into aspnet_friendship (userId, buddyId) values (@Param1, @Param2)" MyCommand2 = New SqlCommand(InsertCmd, MyConnection) MyCommand2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Param1", CurrentUser) MyCommand2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Param2", add) MyCommand2.Connection.Open() MyCommand2.ExecuteNonQuery() MyCommand2.Connection.Close() End Sub Thank you.
Hello, Im Getting an error (below) at the login page. The only control on that page is a Login control, adn the error below comes when I click login. Does anyone know what Im doing wrong? This is my login page:<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Login.aspx.cs" Inherits="Login" Title="myapp- Login" %><asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentHeader" Runat="Server"> LOGIN</asp:Content><asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentBody" Runat="Server"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305"> <tr> <td class="bodyText" colspan="2" style="height: 20px; text-align: center;"> <p> <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="mainText" --> <asp:Login ID="Login1" runat="server" TitleText="Existing Users Log In"> </asp:Login> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"> <asp:LinkButton ID="lbNewmembers" runat="server" OnClick="lbNewmembers_Click">New Member?</asp:LinkButton></td> <td> <asp:LinkButton ID="lbForgotPassword" runat="server" OnClick="lbForgotPassword_Click">Forgot Password?</asp:LinkButton></td> </tr> </table></asp:Content>Error: Server Error in '/myApp' Application.
Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
I am trying to write a stored procedure that loops through the list of user tables, gets the record count for each one and write a record to an audit table with DATE, TABLENAME, RECORDCOUNT.I keep getting an error "Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string".Here is the script...
DECLARE @table nvarchar(500) DECLARE @sql nvarchar(520) DECLARE CursorSelect CURSOR FOR select table_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables where table_name not like 'sys%' order by table_name
I've imported a CSV file into a table in SQL Server 2012. It's a large file, 140,000+ rows, so I couldn't covert it to Excel first to preserve the date format due to Excel's row limit. In the CSV file, there were 3 column with date data in "31-Aug-09" format, and the import automatically transformed these in "31AUG09" format (varchar(50)) in SQL Server. Now I need to convert these 3 columns from varchar to datetime so I could work with them in date format.
All source and target date fields are defined as data type "smalldatetime". The "select" executes without error though when used with "insert into" it fails with the error:
Msg 295, Level 16, State 3, Line 25: Conversion failed when converting character string to small date-time data type..I am converting from a character string to smalldatetime since the source and target date columns are "smalldatetime". All other columns for the source and target are nvarchar(255). I assume there is an implicit conversion that I don't understand. In a test, I validated that all dates selected evaluate ISDATE() to 1.
USE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014] GO IF OBJECT_ID ('[SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]', 'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE [SCIR_DataMart_FromProd_06_20_2014].[dbo].[IdentifierLookup]
Dim CityTown As String = Ctype(Request.Querystring("CityTown"), String) Dim Suburb As String = Ctype(Request.Querystring("Suburb"), String) Dim SuburbValue As String = Ctype(Request.Querystring("Suburb"), String) Dim Rooms As String = Ctype(Request.Querystring("Rooms"), String) Dim Rent As String = Ctype(Request.Querystring("Rent"), String)
Dim DateToday = DateTime.Now Dim mySQL AS String If suburbValue = "- All -" Then mySQL = "SELECT propListID, propListExpires, propBuildType, propRoomNumber, propRentPerWeek, propDescription, propCityTown, propSuburb FROM tblPropertyList WHERE [propCityTown]='" & CityTown & "' AND [propRentPerWeek]<= '" & Rent & "' AND [propRoomNumber]='" & Rooms & "'AND [propListExpires] >='" & DateToday & "' "
However I am having trouble getting the Date to work as part of my SQL String. I keep getting the following error:
Syntax error converting datetime from character string. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Syntax error converting datetime from character string.
Source Error:
Line 30: MyDA = New SqlDataAdapter (mySQL, myConn) Line 31: myDS = New DataSet() Line 32: myDA.Fill(MyDS) Line 33: Line 34: dlPropertyListing.Datasource = MyDS.Tables(0)
Can anyone tell me what this error message means and how I can correct it on my statement: Code:
Server: Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Syntax error converting datetime from character string.
Here's my query statement: Code:
SELECT animalid AS "Animal ID", name AS "Name", categoryid AS "Category ID", DATENAME(MONTH, dateBorn) + ' ' + DATENAME(DAY, dateBorn) + ', ' + DATENAME(YEAR, dateBorn) AS "Date of Birth"FROM animalWHERE categoryid = 'Cat' AND dateBorn = 'May%'
I know it has something to do with: dateBorn = 'May%' because when I took out Quote: AND dateBorn = 'May%' I get results, but I need to narrow it down to list the cats born in May.
I am trying to select all members from a SQL db who have a renewal date btw to dates inputted into two text fields, but I am now getting the error above. This is where the problem is coming in...
If strStartDate <> "" and strEndDate <> "" Then If bParam = True Then StrSQL = strSQL & " AND " Else StrSQL = strSQL & " WHERE deleted=0 AND " End If strSQL = strSQL & "renewal_due BETWEEN '%" & Replace(strStartDate,"'","''") & "%' AND '%" & Replace(strEndDate,"'","''") & "%' " End If
Here's the deal. I'm a newbie trying to update a date (@Effective) in sql server. I've been trying all sorts of things, but nothing seems to work. Here's my current code:
Sub btnUpdate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim sqlStmt As String Dim conString As String Dim cn As SqlConnection Dim cmd As SqlCommand Dim sqldatenull As SqlDateTime Try sqlStmt = "UPDATE [Submission] SET [Effective]=Convert(DateTime, '@Effective', 101), "& _ "[Status]=@Status WHERE ([Submission].[Submission]=@Submission)" conString = "server='(local)'; user id='sa'; password='password'; database='database'" cn = New SqlConnection(conString) cmd = New SqlCommand(sqlStmt, cn)
If (txtEffective.Text = "") Then cmd.Parameters("@Effective").Value = sqldatenull Else cmd.Parameters("@Effective").Value = txtEffective.Text End If cmd.Parameters("@Status").Value = dropStatus.SelectedItem.Text cmd.Parameters("@Submission").Value = LabelSubmission.Text
Somewhere, either in the aspx.vb code, or the stored procedure that's being called, it doesn't like my code since I am getting the dreaded "syntax error converting datetime from character string" error. I've been battling this for two days - can someone spot what is wrong here?
The dtWdate variable is coming from a calendar control on my aspx page. Please help - I've tried every conceivable way I can think to do this without success. Lynnette
Here's the code: Private Sub GetFLSAEmpInfoRecs() 'uses the AppSettings table to generate WHERE clause from the filter values
Dim dtWdate As DateTime = Calendar1.SelectedDate Dim wValue As String = Session("svFilterValue")
Dim cnn As New SqlConnection(constants.SQLConStrFLSA) Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("usp_AddFLSA", cnn) cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure cnn.Open()
