Question

I need to insert a datetime value into datetime column in SQL Server 2005

I am passing DateTime variable from the .aspx page

Which needs to be inserted in the column.

Example:

Table(date datetime)

@sql = 'insert into Table (date) values('+@datetime+')'
exec(@sql)

getting conversion failed message.

Any idea how to do this.

Very Urgent.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need string delimiters – in T-SQL this is doubled-up single quotes.

SET @sql = 'insert into Table (date) values('''+@datetime+''')'
exec(@sql)

However it still might fail, depending on the format of the string. Any reason you’re building a SQL string, prone to SQL injection, instead of just saying:

INSERT Table(date) SELECT @datetime;

?