before you start pestering your host to modify the jdbc connection string, try this:
SELECT customer_id, IF(ISNULL(STR_TO_DATE(LEFT(customer_dob, 10), '%Y-%m-%d')), 'Not Defined', customer_dob) AS dob FROM customer WHERE 1=1 hth Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ Simon Bailey wrote: > get them to do it, mine was also on a shared host :) > > On 7 Oct 2008, at 10:18, Mike Little wrote: > > zeroDateTimeBehavior - yes just saw this on the mysql forums. how do i > action this though if i am using shared host? > > my datasource is setup by my host?? > > > > >> http://www.nutrixinteractive.com/blog/?p=60 >> >> Check that out, I had a similar issue a while back and cracked it >> using the technique I details on that post. >> >> On 7 Oct 2008, at 04:08, Mike Little wrote: >> >> hi guys, >> >> i have a birthdate field in mySQL that is a date field (NULL). when >> querying the database i get... >> >> Value '0000-00-00' can not be represented as java.sql.Date >> >> i have tried changing to timestamp, but the same occurs. this happens >> for the records with no birthdate. >> >> has anyone come across this before. i have tried deleting out the null >> date but it still gives a value of '0000-00-00'. >> >> mike >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
