I have a form field that is to represent a Date value. I input it using a <html:text> tag
<html:text property="assignedDate" size="12"/> and it corresponds to a String field in the form bean. It is an optional field and not usually filled in. In the business logic I call BeanUtils.copyProperties(lrdto, lrform); to copy from the form bean to the DTO. In the DTO the assignedDate property has the type java.sql.Date. When the field is left empty on the form I get a org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException exception from copyProperties() that was generated by SqlDateConverter. I'm wondering how to avoid the exception. If I set a value into the field before I submit the form then it works fine. I only run into the exception when I leave the field blank but my business requirements state that this field is optional. There are a __lot__ of questions regarding Date input and validation in the archives but I didn't find anything about this exception or optional Date fields. Thanks for any help, Kevin. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>