CF Oracle date woes

how do i also verify that they are entering the right date/time format?

u can do it when the form is submitted...

you can use javascript to check if the data entered is proper or not...

One of the way is give the calender pop ups...
Other way would be to do a server side check and see if the data that has been sent in is as per the format....

Also you could give drop downs for dd mm and yyyy in the form which will make the user only select an appropriate date

Regards
Hart

how do i have coldfusion conform the date entry into whats allowed on oracle db

thanks Hart for correcting me.
Regards,
---Pinal

here's where im having my problem....

here is the code when the submit happens:

<CFQUERY DATASOURCE="lieu" NAME="getMaxId">
      SELECT max(id) as max_id FROM lieu_events
</CFQUERY>

<CFSET event_id = getMaxId.max_id + 1>
<CFSET dt_start = 'DATEFORMAT(zDate, "mm/dd/yyyy") TIMEFORMAT(zTime, "hh:mm:ss")'>
<CFSET dt_end = 'DATEFORMAT(zDate, "mm/dd/yyyy") TIMEFORMAT(zTime, "hh:mm:ss")'>

<CFOUTPUT>#event_id#</CFOUTPUT>
<CFOUTPUT>#dt_start#</CFOUTPUT>
<CFOUTPUT>#dt_end#</CFOUTPUT>

<CFQUERY DATASOURCE="lieu" NAME="addEvent">
      INSERT INTO lieu_events
      VALUES ('#event_id#','#SESSION.lieu_user_name#',
            <CFQUERYPARAM VALUE = "dt_start" CFSQLType = "CF_SQL_DATE">,
            <CFQUERYPARAM VALUE = "dt_end" CFSQLType = "CF_SQL_DATE">,
            '#FORM.title#', '#FORM.comment#', 'PENDING')
</CFQUERY>



However, this produces the following error:

Error Occurred While Processing Request
Error Diagnostic Information
CFQUERYPARAM data conversion error


There is a data conversion error for CFQUERYPARAM #1.

SQL = "INSERT INTO lieu_events VALUES ('8','khippl-k', _CF_:?_, _CF_:?_, '12312', 'asdfasdf', 'PENDING')"

Query Parameter Value(s) -

Parameter #1 = dt_start

Parameter #2 = dt_end
 

Anyone can point out what's wrong with code?

figured it out... for those that similiar problems....

<CFPARAM name="dtstamp" default="#dateformat(zDate,'dd-mmm-yy')# #timeformat(zTime,'HH:mm:ss')#">

<CFOUTPUT>#event_id#</CFOUTPUT>
<CFOUTPUT>#dt_start#</CFOUTPUT>
<CFOUTPUT>#dt_end#</CFOUTPUT>

<CFQUERY DATASOURCE="lieu" NAME="addEvent">
      INSERT INTO lieu_events
      VALUES ('#event_id#','#SESSION.lieu_employee_id#',
            to_date('#dtstamp#','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'),
            to_date('#dtstamp#','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'),
            '#FORM.title#', '#FORM.comment#', 'PENDING')
</CFQUERY>


this atleast does the insert. now im trying to figure out how to add a duration (FORM.duration) to the start time.

finally after some date insert and retrieval issues... here's what works for me. thanks pinaldave and hart.  sometimes we all just need a little direction.....  here's another snippet, with similiar issues.


<!---- create the start and end date/time---->
<CFPARAM name="dt_start" default="#dateformat(zDate,'YYYY-DD-MM')# #timeformat(t_start,'HH:mm:ss')#">
<CFPARAM name="dt_end" default="#dateformat(zDate,'YYYY-DD-MM')# #timeformat(t_end,'HH:mm:ss')#">

<!--- insert into db --->
<CFQUERY DATASOURCE="lieu" NAME="addEvent">
      INSERT INTO lieu_events
      VALUES ('#event_id#','#SESSION.lieu_employee_id#',
            to_date('#dt_start#','YYYY-DD-MM HH24:MI:SS'),
            to_date('#dt_end#','YYYY-DD-MM HH24:MI:SS'),
            '#FORM.title#', '#FORM.comment#', 'PENDING')
</CFQUERY>