Question

I want to insert current date into a database in the field cur_dt having datatype date.

 string curr_dat= DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-mm-dd");

Can i insert curr_dat which is a string variable into a column cur_dt having datatype as date?

If not than how can i do it? How to define a date variable.I want to also insert current time in the a column cur_tm having datatype time.

Please help me to understand how to insert the date and time into the database.

Answer 1

If you write SQL like

INSERT INTO foo SET bar='<date here>'

or similar, you can use both parameters or just String.Format to put the date there as a STring.

Additionally, if you want to put the current Date/Time there, why not just use

INSERT INTO foo SET bar=now() -- if column type is datetime
INSERT INTO foo SET bar=CURDATE() -- if column type is date

and have the database set in the correct date in the correct form