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TarunMakhija
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 Posted - 2005-12-27 : 20:31:45
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| Hi,The first column in my table is of type TimestampI am trying to execute queries of the form: -------------------------------------------------Query: insert into News values(2005-12-26 08:43:00.0,'UN','topnews')Error: Incorrect syntax near '08'.-------------------------------------------------Query: insert into News values(2005-12-26 09:43:00.0,'UN','topnews')Error: Incorrect syntax near '09'.-------------------------------------------------Can someone tell me exactly what is going wrong here?Thanks a lot.Tarun M. |
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Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-12-27 : 20:45:34
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| Put the datetime inside single quotes & try as ininsert into News values('2005-12-26 09:43:00.0','UN','topnews')if the above is not working, try insert into News values(getdate(),'UN','topnews')Also the timestamp is datatype with default values (as auto increment type), so try without data for that field as insert into News(field1,field2)values('UN','topnews') -- timestamp type field is ommited in fields & data lists |
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TarunMakhija
Starting Member
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Posted - 2005-12-28 : 00:07:21
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| Hi Srinika,Thanks for the reply. I had tried with the quotes as well before sending the mail. It does not work.About the getDate() method, actually the timestamp i am using is not the current data/time. It is a string that i have parsed and converted to java.util.date followed by converting it to long and then finally java.sql.Timestamp. So the getDate() doesnt solve the problem as well ... Any other suggestions?Thanks a lot!Tarun |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2005-12-28 : 01:03:15
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| Are you referring the TimeStamp datatype of SQL Server? If so you need to omit it when inserting the value and SQL Server will generate unique value for each rowDeclare @t table(t timestamp,code varchar(1))insert into @t(code) select 'a'select * from @tMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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yonabout
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2005-12-28 : 07:10:51
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| I'm not sure why you're using timestamp in your table, it looks like the datetime datatype would be better for you, and your initial insert into statement would work (with quotes around the date string).timestamp datatypes are updated automatically every time you alter the row anyway, so if you're trying to use it as a key, any update to the row will mean your key has changed.Cheers,Yonabout |
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