Re: newbie question to setTimestamp( int parameterIndex, Timestamp x, Calendar cal)

Peter,

Timestamp is the actual time that you want to store. The calendar
object is there if you want to use a different calendar to reference
the timestamp to ?

Dave
On 19-Jul-05, at 6:49 AM, Peter(dot)Zoche(at)materna(dot)de wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I am new to postgresql and i have the following question:
>
> how does setTimestamp( int parameterIndex, Timestamp x, Calendar
> cal) work?
> why is there a parameter Timestamp? I have a Calendar in my java
> code and I
> would like to store it in the database via a PreparedStatement. So for
> example:
>
> I have the following table:
>
> CREATE TABLE dates( date TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE );
>
> Java code:
>
> PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement( "INSERT INTO
> dates (date) VALUES ?");
> ps.setTimestamp( 1, new Timestamp(), myCalendar );
>
> Is this correct? But why is there a Timestamp parameter? It seems
> clear that
> the
> calendar should be converted into a timestamp because the method is
> named
> setTimestamp. I am really confused about this.
>
> Please help
>
> Peter
>
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