conversion of a varchar to a smalldatetime results in an out-of-range value

Question

The code:

strSql = "insert into table2 (transactiondate) values ('" & transactiondate & "')"

seems to be giving me the runtime error:

The conversion of a varchar data type to a smalldatetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value

In the code, strSql is a String object and transactiondate is a Date object. In the SQL database however, transactiondate is a smalldatetime object.

I've tried changing the smalldatetime to a datetime (in the database) and I've tried transactiondate.toString() but with no success.

How can this be fixed?

Note: I know about the dangers of inline SQL. I am looking for a quick fix solution here and not a discussion about SQL injection.

Solution 1

Try adding single quotes to your insert statement.

strSql = "insert into table2 (transactiondate) values ('" & transactiondate & "')"

Solution 2

Two possible answers:

1. You need to encapsulate your string in an apostrophe:

strSql = "insert into table2 (transactiondate) values ('" & transactiondate & "')"

2. You're using a date before 1/1/1900 or after 6/6/2079 (the limits of smalldatetime)

Solution 3

Smalldatetime can only accept values for years > 1900 and < 2079 as well. I had a similar error to the one you posted where the solution was to filter out invalid years like such

where year(datecolumn) < 2079

Comments

[jellomonkey]

+1 for just answering the question, but he still needs to fix the SQL injection problem.

[Eric]

@jello: The OP posted a disclaimer about his awareness of SQL injection. This is a code snippet. You have no idea what cleansing transactiondate has already gone through. Every discussion about SQL does NOT need to include SQL injection.

[Andrew]

Humans create such finite solutions - everything we make has a time limitation.