Question

query of query errors

Java, ColdFusion, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, Java applications, ColdFusion 6.x, ColdFusion 8.x

I have a runtime query of a query error as below.
java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.Date
But the output format is correct and is in date. This application was developed in coldfusion 6.1 and sqlserver2000. But now we get this error when it was migrated to coldfusion 8 and sql server 2005.
Below is the query block. There error comes in the select statement.
if (NOT IsDefined("URL.sOrderBy")) URL.sOrderBy = "dtStartDate";
if (NOT IsDefined("URL.sOrderType")) URL.sOrderType = "DESC";
</cfscript>
<cftry>
<!--- Query of a query --->
<cfquery name="Variables.qSearchProjects" dbtype="query">
SELECT *
FROM qCombinedProjects
ORDER BY #URL.sOrderBy# #URL.sOrderType#;
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<!--- Order the projects by start date --->
<cfquery name="Variables.qSearchProjects" dbtype="query">
SELECT *
FROM qCombinedProjects
ORDER BY dtStartDate DESC;
</cfquery>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>

dtstartdate is in date format. Please help as this really urgent

Sounds like you've got a string that you are trying to load the datetime data into a string value. I'm guessing that this is the problem, and the old version of ColdFusion didn't mind the conversion, but the new version doesn't like it.