getting null pointer exception while entering date in sql server DB

[TutSav]

Sqlserver table
QualifyDate DATETIME;
RenewalDate DATETIME
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on Bean qualifydate
private Date QualifyDate;

private Date RenewalDate;
public Date getQualifiyDate() {
return QualifyDate;
}
public void setQualifiyDate(Date QualifyDate)
{
this.RenewalDate=RenewalDate;
}
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ON DAOImpl(java file)
try{
ppds.setDate(8,new Date(asb.getQualifiyDate().getTime()));
}
catch(NullPointerException nfe){
nfe.printStackTrace();
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try{
ppds.setDate(10,new Date(asb.getRenewalDate().getTime()));
}
catch(NullPointerException npe){
npe.printStackTrace();
}
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ON servlet
try {
Date dob = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS").parse(request.getParameter("sqfdt"));
asb.setQualifiyDate(dob);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
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try {
Date doba = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS").parse(request.getParameter("srnldt"));
asb.setRenewalDate(doba);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
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After submitting the Form data don't get inserted to the database
instead says null pointer exception.
Please helps to resolve the Problem sir,
IDE is netbeans.
Thankyou
Sincerly Your.

[Oralloy]

The problem is that your formatter SimpleDateFormat is not recognising the input that you gave it, so it returns NULL.

I suggest that you experiment with SimpleDateFormat in a stand-alone test program, so you can understand how it really works. If you cannot do this, then you are not going to get very far with server-side code.

Several things to try:

1. Verify that your calls get the correct data before inserting into the database.
2. Verify that the parsing is correct, and returns a non-NULL value.
3. Figure out how to handle errors - do you reject all of the transaction, or keep the completed portions?
4. Include exception output, so that we can see what really is happening.