Specifying default date values for access via ODBC

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I have an application which reads job candidates data from an Excel spreadsheeet via ODBC and populates the same in an ACCESS table via ODBC. I am facing a couple of issues.
The first problem is with the date of birth field in Excel. A sizeable number of candidates have their DOB listed as "N/A". SQLGetData returns SQL_ERROR for this field but returns the correct ("N/A" ) data present. This is causing me to employ a lot of hacks. Is there a setting to make SQLGetData return SQL_SUCCESS or SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO for "N/A".
The second problem is with the date of birth field in Access. Is there a way to specify a NULL date for the above mentioned field where the corresponding values in Excel are "N/A"?

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Posted 25-Jun-18 0:56am

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Updated 25-Jun-18 4:18am

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Mike V Baker · Answer 1 · 2018-06-25T04:19:00

It would help if you'd post at least some of the code you're using to read in the XLS and to submit it into the DB. I believe your best bet will be to attempt to convert the value that you get from the XLS to a Date type value. If that attempt fails then use NULL when inserting the record (make sure the field allows null values).

HTH,
Mike