I would like to create a feature where a user can input a string (MM-dd-yyyy) and it returns all matches from the mysql database. I know JDBC does a lot under the covers, but wouldn't I need to do some manual coding because it is a search method? If the answer is yes, how do I take a string and convert it to a java.sql.date object and then to a java.util.date object.
Thanks for your help. It is appreciated very much.
but wouldn't I need to do some manual coding because it is a search method?
Yes. You'll need to parse the date, build some SQL, create a PreparedStatement, run this then interpret the results.
The java.util.SimpleDateFormat and java.util.DateFormat class are the ones to look at to get the string parsing date format stuff. I'd recommend providing some control that doesn't allow free text input for dates though; there are 1001 different possible formats to describe the same thing.
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