string was not recognized as a valid datetime. in c# - visual-studio-2010

i am using this code for passing datetime.
Convert.ToDateTime(textBox1.Text)
but the compiler show an error that string was not recognized as a valid datetime. so how to avoid this error and is a datetime field in my database.

Convert.ToDateTime(textBox1.Text)
This code will throw an exception if the string value in textBox1.Text doesn't represent a valid DateTime (or at least can't be parsed into one with default functionality in C#). You can add some defensive programming to handle errors like this.
The DateTime type (as well as most, if not all, common value types in .NET) has a method on it called TryParse() specifically for the purpose to attempting to parse a value into that type without throwing an exception. The method returns true if the parse was successful, false otherwise. And it accepts an out parameter to hold the resulting parsed value (or the original value if parsing is unsuccessful).
So instead of this:
var dateTimeValue = Convert.ToDateTime(textBox1.Text);
You could use something like this:
var dateTimeValue = DateTime.MinValue;
if (DateTime.TryParse(textBox1.Text, out dateTimeValue))
// use the value for something

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Where does Grail's errors property come from?

Grails has a bug with regards to databinding in that it throws a cast exception when you're dealing with bad numerical input. JIRA: http://jira.grails.org/browse/GRAILS-6766
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Where does errors come from when validate() is called?
Is there a way to add the errors property without calling validate() first?
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'trade.price.invalidformat',
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'price',
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That is the easiest way to make sure the Errors object exists in your method. You can check out the code that adds the validation related methods to your domain class.
The AST transformation handling #Validateable augments the class with, among other things
a field named errors
public methods getErrors, setErrors, clearErrors and hasErrors
The getErrors method lazily sets the errors field if it hasn't yet been set. So it looks like what's happening is that accesses to errors within the same class are treated as field accesses rather than Java Bean property accesses, and bypassing the lazy initialization.
So the fix appears to be to use getErrors() instead of just errors.
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Sorting by Date which may be empty with Telerik Reports

Have a column in a report which a string date field in the format of MM/dd/yyyy. Some of those columns may contain empty strings. Having a problem sorting a section. I am about 10 hours in to telerik reporting so I may be missing something obvious.
I initially tried to use a expression like this:
=IIf(Fields.ExpirationDate='', CDate('1/1/1990'), CDate(Fields.ExpirationDate))
Does that look correct? This threw an error:
An error has occured while processing Report '':
Failed to compare two elements in the array.
------------- InnerException ------------- An error has occured while executing function CDate().
Check InnerException for further
information.
------------- InnerException ------------- Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
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and then tried to call with =EmptyDateToNow(Fields.ExpirationDate)
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An error has occured while processing
Report '': Failed to compare two
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------------- InnerException ------------- The expression contains undefined function call
EmptyDateToNow().
public static DateTime EmptyDateToNow( string expirationDate )
I think that Telerik Reporting wants your user functions to be static methods.
I am thinking that the problem with the first approach is that CDate(Fields.ExpirationDate) is being executed even if the expression is true thereby causing the exception to be thrown. You might try something like this to get the desired result without defining a user function:
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I realize this is a bit old, I just wanted to post in case anyone else is having troubles and searching this.
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Does JDBC ResultSet getString always return a String representation?

I'm formatting a ResultSet to output to a CSV file. As such I really don't care about the Java types of the result set, beyond maybe knowing if it's text or numbers.
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i.e. Are there cases getString will throw an SQLException or return null when a getXXX would give me the value ?
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As for conversion, it is up to the JDBC driver if it will allow you to convert from non-String types. I suspect many will have an issue with it.
I would suggest that you do this instead:
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That should be more robust, since getObject() will always do the sensible thing.

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