question on datetime converter and validation of a datetime field

[Melinda Savoy]

I have a datetime field defined in my JSP page as:

<h:inputText id="fromServiceDate" maxlength="10" size="10" value="#{transactionBean.transaction.fromServiceDate}">
					<f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/DD/YYYY"/></h:inputText>

When I am validating this field and the page is redisplayed it shows the following after I entered the value 04/11/2010 in this field and clicked SUBMIT again:

{0}: Conversion error occurred.

My validation code is as follows for this field:

		if (transaction.getFromServiceDate() == null) {
			context.addMessage("fromServiceDate", new FacesMessage("From Service Date must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Any help/direction would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Abzee AntiPro]

Hey, try using "dd/MM/yyyy".
java is case sensitive and sometimes causes issue with case.

also, why do you want the user to input dates manually.
give a small calendar next to the input box and let the user click and decide the date from the pop-up-calendar.

dont make the input text editable so you dont have to write a converter for it.

Regards,

[Melinda Savoy]

Thanks Abid for the quick reply. Can you give me any direction on what calendar I can use here?

Thanks again.

[Abzee AntiPro]

There are hundreds of script written for using a pop-up calendar.

here is one such site.

http://www.softcomplex.com/products/tigra_calendar/

i m attaching the script for your reference.

Thanks,
Abid

PS: open the attachment in a zip file.
It looks like a image file but its a zip archive

[Melinda Savoy]

Thank you so much. Appreciate all the help.

[Melinda Savoy]

After finally getting the JS calendar setup on my form I selected a date from the calendar and then I got this error on my page:


Conversion Error setting value '08/23/2010' for 'null Converter'.


I may have misunderstood the post above but I thought I would not have to write a converter for this.

I then tried changing up my code in the JSP page to include the converter dateTime as follows:

<td align="left" style="border: none" colspan="3" valign="bottom" nowrap><h:inputText id="fromServiceDate" maxlength="10" size="10" value="#{transactionBean.transaction.fromServiceDate}">
					<f:convertDateTime type="date" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy"/></h:inputText>
					<script language="JavaScript">
						new tcal ({
						'formname': 0,
						'controlname': 'ARTransferForm:fromServiceDate'
						});
					</script>
				</td>

And now I get this error in my web page:


ARTransferForm:fromServiceDate: '08/23/2010' could not be understood as a date.


Thanks again in advance for the help or direction on my problem. Regards.

[Melinda Savoy]

Sorry I got my problem resolved. It was the pattern I had defined.

Thanks anyway. Regards.

[Abzee AntiPro]

thanks to you as well