Try the following: Use a Date property with its own getter and setter for the database access. Implement an extra property named dateString. Then write the getter of the property to convert the Date object into String when invoked. Also write a setter to convert a string to a date. The Java DateFormat class can help. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html
In your XMLForm documents refer to the dateString property, instead of the date property. In your Java code, use the date property. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:00 AM Subject: XMLForm and dates Hello, I use XMLForm and I want to put the today date in a form. The problem is that the today date has to be a String because the XMLForm simply display the value of the Bean class attribute. If this value is not a String, the date can't be read! But I want to store the today date in a Date format (because I have a timestamp format in my database). How to store the date in a Date type and display it like a String? How to do this?? Thank you Sylvain --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
