Question

I have a problem when trying to insert a new record into a database. The problem I think is with the bit field. When I assign the value True i get this error:

Failed: Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => 22018 [SQLSTATE] => 22018 [1] 
=> 245 [code] => 245 [2] => [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]
[SQL Server]Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ' 1 ' 
to data type bit. [message] => [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]
[SQL Server]Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ' 1 ' to 
data type bit. ) )

but if i change it to false it works. I will show some of my code. I have cut out most of it as i have narrowed it down to this variable:

$active = True;

here is my insert query.

$sqlInsert = "INSERT INTO customers(
                customerID,
                registeredDate,
                givenName,
                familyName,
                email,
                password,
                phone,
                mobile,
                property,
                street,
                locality,
                town,
                area,
                postalCode,
                active
            ) 
            VALUES(" .
                $newUser . "," .
                $date . ", ' " .
                $given . " ', ' " .
                $family . " ', ' " .
                $email . " ', ' " .
                $pwd . " ', ' " .
                $phone . " ', ' " .
                $mob . " ', ' " .
                $property . " ', ' " .
                $street . " ', ' " .
                $locality . " ' , ' " .
                $town . " ', ' " .
                $area . " ', ' " .
                $postalcode . " ', ' " .
                $active . " ')";

$stmtInsert = sqlsrv_query($conn, $sqlInsert);

Answer 1

I assume that the active field is of bit data type.

You don’t use any quotation marks around the value being passed for the active field like what you do for customerid field.

Also, I think you have to convert the value true / false to 1 / 0.

Modified code: Noticed that the single quotes surrounding " . $active . " have been removed.

$sqlInsert = "INSERT INTO customers(customerID, registeredDate, givenName,
                familyName,  email, password, 
                phone, mobile, property, 
                street, locality, town,  
                area, postalCode, active) 
              VALUES(" . $newUser . "," . $date . ", ' " . $given . " ', 
              ' " . $family . " ', ' " . $email . " ', ' " . $pwd . " ', 
              ' " . $phone . " ', ' " . $mob . " ', ' " . $property . " ', 
              ' " . $street . " ', ' " . $locality . " ' , ' " . $town . " ', 
              ' " . $area . " ', ' " . $postalcode . " ', " . $active . ")";
$stmtInsert = sqlsrv_query($conn, $sqlInsert);

I am not sure why it worked with False value. I would suggest you to find out how the INSERT statement evaluates to after setting all the values. Instead of executing the statement, print the INSERT statement to screen/page and run it manually in the SQL Server Management Studio against the database.