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Update FoxPro 2.6 date field

Asked by: nateday76

I'm trying to update a date field in our foxpro 2.6 table through VFP ODBC version 6 with C# using the following code, but it's not working. It doesn't give any errors, but it just makes the date field blank instead of what I enter.

<asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" BackColor="White" 
        BorderColor="#DEDFDE" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="4" 
        DataSourceID="Oakstreet" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="Vertical" Height="50px" 
        Width="600px" AutoGenerateEditButton="True" AutoGenerateRows="False">
        <FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCC99" />
        <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F7DE" />
        <PagerStyle BackColor="#F7F7DE" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Right" />
        <Fields>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="cust_id" HeaderText="Bill ID #" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="name" HeaderText="Name" ReadOnly="True"  />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="city" HeaderText="City" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="state" HeaderText="State" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Next Call Date">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="next_call" Text='<%# Bind("next_call","{0:yyyy/MM/dd}") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="true" Wrap="true" Height="30px" Width="150px" />
                </ItemTemplate>
                <EditItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="next_call" Text='<%# Bind("next_call","{0:yyyy/MM/dd}") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="false" Wrap="true" Height="30px" Width="150px" />
 
                </EditItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="notes">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="notes" Text='<%# Bind("notes") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="true" Wrap="true" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="300px" Width="600px" />
                </ItemTemplate>
                <EditItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="notes" Text='<%# Bind("notes") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="false" Wrap="true" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="300px" Width="600px" />
 
                </EditItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
        </Fields>
        <HeaderStyle BackColor="#6B696B" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
        <EditRowStyle BackColor="#CE5D5A" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" Wrap="true" Width="600px" Height="100%" />
        <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
       
    </asp:DetailsView>
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Oakstreet" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:OakODBC %>" 
        ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:OakODBC.ProviderName %>" 
        
        SelectCommand="SELECT cust_id,name,city,state,next_call, notes FROM customrs WHERE cust_id=?" 
        UpdateCommand="update customrs set next_call={^?}, notes=? where cust_id=?">
        <UpdateParameters>
           <asp:Parameter Name="next_call" />
           <asp:Parameter Name="notes" />
           <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="cust_id" QueryStringField="id" DefaultValue="26555" />
        </UpdateParameters>

                                  
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2009-08-11 at 19:55:40ID24645316
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.NET Framework 3.x versions

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Answers

 

by: CaptainCyrilPosted on 2009-08-11 at 22:59:54ID: 25076033

Let the format be {99/99/9999} or {^9999/99/99}. One of them should work.

 

by: Olaf_DoschkePosted on 2009-08-11 at 23:26:54ID: 25076128

You cannot use {^?} as a placeholder for a string containing a date. You also don't do note='?' to marshal a string parameter through ODBC. ODBC parameters don't work that way as substitution into the string. You need to simply use ? in the SQL Command, like you do for notes=? and cust_id=?. And while you use string and perhaps an numeric var for those, you need a date or datetime var vor that date parameter then.

The other option you have is not use ? at all for the date, but put in the full date string in your sql command, the second format Cyril showed would work. The general country independant format is the format with - instead of /, that is {^YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS} for a datetime or {^YYYY-MM-DD} for a date. You surely can use string formatting to get from a date to that format.

Bye, Olaf.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-12 at 07:15:40ID: 25078937

CaptainCyril -

I have tried both of your suggestions like this: {} and like this: {^?}. Neither worked. Neither gave an error, though.

If i remove the curly braces and just use the following I get a data type mismatch error when the date is formatted like 2009/05/15. I've placed the error i receive in the code snippet section.

UpdateCommand="update customrs set next_call=?, notes=? where cust_id=?">
        <UpdateParameters>
           <asp:Parameter Name="next_call" />
           <asp:Parameter Name="notes" />
           <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="cust_id" QueryStringField="id" DefaultValue="26555" />
        </UpdateParameters>


I think doing it without the parameters is the best option. Can you give an example of how i should do that? If not I will figure out. I appreciate your comments and will see what works best!

Server Error in '/' Application.
ERROR [22018] [Microsoft][ODBC Visual FoxPro Driver]Data type mismatch.
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.Odbc.OdbcException: ERROR [22018] [Microsoft][ODBC Visual FoxPro Driver]Data type mismatch.
 
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:
 
[OdbcException (0x80131937): ERROR [22018] [Microsoft][ODBC Visual FoxPro Driver]Data type mismatch.]
   System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection.HandleError(OdbcHandle hrHandle, RetCode retcode) +1156770
   System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand.ExecuteReaderObject(CommandBehavior behavior, String method, Boolean needReader, Object[] methodArguments, SQL_API odbcApiMethod) +1147
   System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand.ExecuteReaderObject(CommandBehavior behavior, String method, Boolean needReader) +61
   System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +92
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceView.ExecuteDbCommand(DbCommand command, DataSourceOperation operation) +386
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceView.ExecuteUpdate(IDictionary keys, IDictionary values, IDictionary oldValues) +325
   System.Web.UI.DataSourceView.Update(IDictionary keys, IDictionary values, IDictionary oldValues, DataSourceViewOperationCallback callback) +92
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsView.HandleUpdate(String commandArg, Boolean causesValidation) +837
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsView.HandleEvent(EventArgs e, Boolean causesValidation, String validationGroup) +509
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsView.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +95
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +37
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewRow.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +113
   System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +37
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) +118
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +135
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +175
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1565
 
 
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3082; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3082 

                                              
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by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-12 at 08:14:32ID: 31614578

You guys were both right. I had to do it without the date field as a parameter.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-12 at 12:09:21ID: 25081772

Can you tell me the best way to add more than 254 characters to a memo field through the ODBC driver for foxpro?

Thanks.

 

by: Olaf_DoschkePosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:09:52ID: 25081776

Yes, you got a data type mismatch. The Foxpro ODBC driver is expecting a date type parameter here, no string. No matter how you format year, month, day etc. it's a string variable. Unlike SQL Server ODBC driver the foxpro driver does not make automatic type casts, you need a variable of type date or datetime. I already said so.

If you don't know how to create a date typed parameter, go the other route and embed the date into the SQL string...

Bye, Olaf.

UpdateCommand="update customrs set next_call={^2009-05-15}, notes=? where cust_id=?">
        <UpdateParameters>
           <asp:Parameter Name="notes" />
           <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="cust_id" QueryStringField="id" DefaultValue="26555" />
        </UpdateParameters>
                                              
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