Helen

I've upgraded to IBO 4.2.Ha. I modified the IB_constants.pas file as you
suggested and then performed the installation.

On re-compiling my code I still get exactly the same error message as
before - the DateTIme format simply isn't being recognised by IBO.

Anything else I can try?

Steve

In article <5.1.0.14.0.20020425231937.081d42f0@...>,
helebor@... says...

> At 02:04 PM 25-04-02 +0100, Steve Lee-Woolf wrote:
> >Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction here. I am using an
> >app written in Delphi 6 with IBO to access a FireBird 1.0 database and
> >am having trouble with datetime fields.
> >
> >If I use an external SQL tool to insert data into a DateTime field using
> >the SQL statement:
> >
> >insert into table1 (test1) values ('2002-04-23 23:15:21') - where
> >test1 is a DateTime field
> >
> >there is no problem, the data is correctly inserted.
>
> Yes, because you have used a date literal representing a date format which
> Firebird recognises.
>
> >BUT if I use the
> >same statement in an IBOQuery *albeit as a paramaterised query with the
> >datetime value read from a DBGrid connectd to a .CSV text file, I get an
> >error message:
> >
> >'2002-04-23 23:15:21' is not a valid date and time
> >
> >Can anyone tell me what is wrong here? the same code worked fine on the
> >original database (MYSQL) but is causing problems when I try and port it
> >to Firebird.
>
> IBO's default date format is MM/DD/YY. Simply go to ib_constants.pas and
> replace this line:
> DT_DateFormat = 'MM"/"dd"/"yyyy';
> with
> DT_DateFormat = 'yyyy"-"MM"-"dd';
>
> If you are using an Eval version, you probably don't have the source for
> ib_constants.pas. If this is the case, send me a private email, telling me
> which exact version of IBO you are using (read the Version property of your
> TIBODatabase in the IDE) and I'll send you the .pas file.
>
>
> regards,
> Helen Borrie (TeamIBO Support)
>
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