Have you tried a more simple query to make sure that communication between your application and the database is working properly?
Have you tried a variable name for 'Tick Date' that does not include spaces? -Ed > -----Original Message----- > Hello all.. I'm running into a little bit of a problem.. I'm writing a > program in VB.NET and every time i try to load query results into my > dataset i keep getting: > > /An Unhandled Exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' > occurred in system.data.dll > > Additional information: Inconvertable type mismatch between SourceColumn > 'Tick Date' of Byte[] and the Datacolumn 'Tick Date' of DateTime. > > /The Query I'm using is: > > /SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date,'% %M %e %Y') as 'Tick Date', SUM( IF " > (Ticktype='1',1,0)) as 'Technical', SUM( IF (Ticktype='2',1,0)) as > 'Reference', SUM( IF (Ticktype='3',1,0)) as 'Directional', SUM( IF > (Ticktype='4',1,0)) as 'Search' FROM tickcount GROUP BY > DATE_FORMAT(date,'% %M %e %Y') > > / I have tried changing the datatype in the dataset definition but the > only one that works is unasignedbyte, and that returns " Byte [] Array" > instead of the date that I'm formating.. > I'm using MySQL version 3.23.37, and VB.NET v.1.2 > > Any help would be great, > > Many thanks, > > Tom T -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]