How to store the date data type in sql from C#

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My SQL Table format

Crnt_Date     -- date
Enter_Date    -- date
Time_         -- varchar(10)
Name_         -- varchar(50)
Product_      -- varchar(50)
Count_        -- int
Amount_       -- int

To display current date

C#

DateTime dt = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day);
int day = dt.Day;
int mon = dt.Month;
int year = dt.Year;
label4.Text = System.Convert.ToString(day + "/" + mon + "/" + year);

To insert the values i use

C#

cn.Open();

cmd = new SqlCommand("insert into Entry(Crnt_Date,Enter_Date,Time_,Name_,Product_,Count_,Amount_)
values('" + Convert.ToDateTime(label4.Text)
  + "','" + Convert.ToDateTime(dateTimePicker1.Text)
  + "','" + comboBox3.Text
  + "','" + lblName.Text
  + "','" + comboBox1.Text
  + "','" + comboBox2.Text
  + "','" + textBox1.Text + "')", cn);

 cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

 MessageBox.Show("Inserted");

 cn.Close();

But it show the error message

"String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."

How can i store the current date and datetimepicker date into the db? Help me..

Posted 28-Aug-13 21:26pm

Vijaydhas

Updated 28-Aug-13 21:34pm

CPallini

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Fredrik Bornander · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28T21:44:00

You don't want to do it that way, you'll ant to use command parameters and a parameterized sql query instead (otherwise you open your application up to SQL Injection[^] (and that is bad).

Something like this might point you in the right direction;

C#

// To display current date
DateTime dt = DateTime.Today;
label4.Text = dt.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

// To insert the values
cn.Open();
using (var cmd = new SqlCommand("insert into Entry(Crnt_Date, Enter_Date, Time_,Name_, Product_, Count_,Amount_) values (@Crnt_Date, @Enter_Date, @Time_,Name_, @Product_, @Count_, @Amount_)"), cn)
{
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Crnt_Date", DateTime.ParseExact(label4.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Enter_Date", dateTimePicker1.Value);
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Time_", comboBox3.Text);
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Name_", lblName.Text);
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Product_", comboBox1.Text);
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Count_", comboBox2.Text);
  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("Amount_", textBox1.Text);
  cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
  MessageBox.Show("Inserted");
}
 
cn.Close();

To handle possible incorrectly typed dates in the text boxes look into DateTime.TryParseExact.

Hope this helps,
Fredrik

Hitesh Gohel · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28T22:01:00

Hi Vijaydhas,

Please try this code

VB

cmd = new MySqlCommand("insert into Entry(Crnt_Date,Enter_Date,Time_,Name_,Product_,Count_,Amount_) values('" + DateTime.Now + "','" + Convert.ToDateTime(dateTimePicker1.Text)
  + "','" + comboBox3.Text
  + "','" + lblName.Text
  + "','" + comboBox1.Text
  + "','" + comboBox2.Text
  + "','" + textBox1.Text + "')", cn);

How to store the date data type in sql from C#

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