Question

I have a gridview and sqldatasource.

I’m trying to insert new records in database and the Date column type is Date and default format is US , mm/dd/yyyy and I’m trying to insert a date with another format.

  SqlDataSource2.InsertCommand = "Insert into test (Name,Date) VALUES (@Name,@CONVERT(Date,'@Date',104))";
        SqlDataSource2.InsertParameters.Add("Name", nameText);
        SqlDataSource2.InsertParameters.Add("Date", DbType.DateTime, date.Text);

I get: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Thanks

Answer 1

The Date type in format agnostic in the database (unless you store it as a string).

You may first try to get a valid System.DateTime object using DateTime.ParseExact or DateTime.Parse.

Then, set the SqlParameter with this value.

DateTime dateValue = DateTime.Parse(date.Text); // try to make this working first.
SqlDataSource2.InsertCommand= "Insert into test (Name,Date) VALUES (@Name,@Date)";
    SqlDataSource2.InsertParameters.Add("Name", nameText);
    SqlDataSource2.InsertParameters.Add("Date", DbType.DateTime, dateValue);