Re: Comparing dates from database
On 09/24/2010 02:24 AM, ruds wrote:
Hi,
I want to compare 3 dates from my database. Actually, I want to check
one date with the other 2 dates if they are befor or after the first
date. I have tried using the before and after methods but I'm not
getting any o/p.
Here is the code for comparing: fdate, cdate& accdate are the dates
from database retrived using rs.getDate();
<%f((ifdate.equals("null"))&& (cdate.equals("null"))) { %> NA<%}
else{ if((fdate.after(accdate)) || (cdate.after(accdate))){%> N<%}
else if((fdate.equals("null")) || (cdate.after(accdate))) {%> N<%}
else if((fdate.after(accdate)) || (cdate.equals("null"))) {%> N<%}
else{%> Y<%}}%>
This code is from a JSP page.
Please tell what is going wrong.
First, there's Java scriptlet in your JSP. Bad.
Second, you didn't copy and paste your code: "f((ifdate.equals("null"))" is
clearly wrong.
Third, you don't show the type of 'fdate' - you compare it to a 'String' but
you use a 'Date#after()' method on it. Which is it? You can't have it both ways.
Finally, learn to format your code for readability, especially on Usenet posts.
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