Save date to the database

[Justin Howard]

Hi All,

I am trying to save the date from the form.

Date dueDate= (Date) Utils.dateFormat(request.getParameter(Constants.DUE_DATE));
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(dueDate.getTime());		

Then trying to save the sqlDate to the database.
But I get this eception
Exception: java.util.Date cannot be cast to java.sql.Date

What is the correct way to do it?

Thanks.

[Paul Clapham]

Right. So you can't cast. Therefore you need to create a new java.sql.Date object. So, the first place to go is the API documentation, to see whether there are any suitable constructors for java.sql.Date. Give that a try. Come back here if you can't figure out how to use any of the constructors.

[Rob Spoor]

Check your imports. Which Date are you importing, java.util.Date or java.sql.Date? Because if you use the right import (java.util), your code seems to be just fine.