how to solve Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value. The statement has been terminated.

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HEllo Team,

I have the update query as follows:

SQL

UPDATE [JOB] WITH (ROWLOCK)   SET [CLEARANCESTATUS] = 'Y'
    ,[CLEARANCEDATE] = '13-03-2014 15:42:59'  WHERE CONTAINERNO = 'PSSU3141338' AND BOOKBILLNO = '123654'

I am getting error as :
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value.
The statement has been terminated.

will you guide me why is it so? I am confused.

Thanks
Harshal

Posted 14-Mar-14 0:01am

R Harshal

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[no name] 14-Mar-14 6:07am

I have the table :
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[JOB](
[BOOKBILLNO] [varchar](9),
[CONTAINERNO] [varchar](12),
[CLEARANCEDATE] [datetime] ,
[CLEARANCESTATUS] [varchar](1)
)

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-03-14T00:09:00

Solution 1

Try supplying the date in ISO 8601 format: "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss" - it's what SQL understands best:

SQL

UPDATE [JOB] WITH (ROWLOCK)   SET [CLEARANCESTATUS] = 'Y'
    ,[CLEARANCEDATE] = '2014-03-13 15:42:59'  WHERE CONTAINERNO = 'PSSU3141338' AND BOOKBILLNO = '123654'

Or better, pass it as a DateTime value via a parameterized query (as I suggested with your last question)

Posted 14-Mar-14 0:09am

OriginalGriff

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[no name] 14-Mar-14 6:27am

I am using parameterised query as follow:
if (customClearance.MessageType == "RRA01")
{
sQuery.Append("UPDATE [JOB] WITH (ROWLOCK)");
sQuery.Append(" SET [CLEARANCESTATUS] = 'Y' ");
sQuery.Append(" ,[CLEARANCEDATE] = '" + customClearance.ContainerDate + "' ");
sQuery.Append(" WHERE CONTAINERNO = '" + customClearance.ContainerNo + "'");
sQuery.Append(" AND BOOKBILLNO = '" + customClearance.BookBillNo.ToString() + "'");
}

OriginalGriff 14-Mar-14 6:31am

Ant isn't a parameterized query - that's concatenating strings, which is a very dangerous way to do things: it leave you wide open to SQL Injection attacks which can damage or destroy your database. A parameterised query looks like this:
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnect))
{
con.Open();
using (SqlCommand com = new SqlCommand("UPDATE myTable SET myColumn1=@C1, myColumn2=@C2 WHERE Id=@ID", con))
{
com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ID", id);
com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@C1", myValueForColumn1);
com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@C2", myValueForColumn2);
com.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}

King Fisher · Answer 2 · 2014-03-14T00:18:00

Solution 2

go with solution1
else

SQL

alter table JOB alter column CLEARANCEDATE nvarchar(max)

SQL

UPDATE [JOB] WITH (ROWLOCK)   SET [CLEARANCESTATUS] = 'Y'
    ,[CLEARANCEDATE] = '2014-03-13 15:42:59'  WHERE CONTAINERNO = 'PSSU3141338' AND BOOKBILLNO = '123654'

Posted 14-Mar-14 0:18am

King Fisher

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[no name] 14-Mar-14 6:28am

I am using parameterised query as follow:
if (customClearance.MessageType == "RRA01")
{
sQuery.Append("UPDATE [JOB] WITH (ROWLOCK)");
sQuery.Append(" SET [CLEARANCESTATUS] = 'Y' ");
sQuery.Append(" ,[CLEARANCEDATE] = '" + customClearance.ContainerDate + "' ");
sQuery.Append(" WHERE CONTAINERNO = '" + customClearance.ContainerNo + "'");
sQuery.Append(" AND BOOKBILLNO = '" + customClearance.BookBillNo.ToString() + "'");
}