SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:... ADO.NET EntityFramework

This strange error bugs me lot.... This is very strage, I'm trying to
insert data into the table through ADO.NET Entity Framework.. nothing
seems to work my way.. i've been getting error "SqlDateTime overflow.
Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM" .

here is my code

DirectoryEntities bdEntities = new DirectoryEntities();


Directory_SubCategory bdSubCatergories = new Directory_SubCategory();
Directory_Category categoryObject = new Directory_Category();
bdSubCatergories.Directory_Category = categoryObject;
bdSubCatergories.SubCategoryName = masterParams[0];
bdSubCatergories.Directory_Category.CategoryID = Convert.ToInt32
(masterParams[1]);
bdSubCatergories.CreatedBy = Convert.ToInt32(masterParams[2]);
bdSubCatergories.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now; ///This could be
source of error
bdSubCatergories.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now;
bdEntities.AddToBusinessDirectory_SubCategory(bdSu bCatergories);
bdEntities.SaveChanges(true); //It throws me exception here

All my previous database insertions are happening perfectly. in this
case i'm getting strange exception. reason could be i'm mapping two
table to update.. does anyone had this kind of error

Deshi

Deshi wrote:
> This strange error bugs me lot.... This is very strage, I'm trying to
> insert data into the table through ADO.NET Entity Framework.. nothing
> seems to work my way.. i've been getting error "SqlDateTime overflow.
> Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM" .

It seems unlikely that DateTime.Now would be outside the acceptable range. I
don't know where in your code the actual SQL parameters are set up, but I
check the value that's going to be added against the limits like this:

sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@DateTaken", SqlDbType.DateTime)
If reader.DateTaken >= CType(SqlDateTime.MinValue, DateTime) AndAlso
(reader.DateTaken <= CType(SqlDateTime.MaxValue, DateTime)) Then
sqlParam.Value = reader.DateTaken
Else
sqlParam.Value = DBNull.Value
End If
sqlcmd.Parameters.Add(sqlParam)

(where reader is a class which extracts exif data from a jpeg file and
DateTaken in the sql table allows nulls).

Andrew

Andrew Morton