Date Parameter ERROR

My RS has two date parameters setup as a date data type. If the user was to
key in 01102004 instead of 01/10/2004 they get this error;
Reporting Services Error
"The value provided for the report parameter 'P_FromDate' is not valid for
its type. (rsReportParameterTypeMismatch)"
How can set that parameter up so I can enter in either of the above dates
formats? I need to beable to do error handling on these two fields.Have the parameter be of string type and then base your query on a dynamic
sql (an expression). The expression can call code that parses the date. But
if it is a bad date it gets tricky to give an error message. To have more
control of the parameters you would need to have your own asp page that is
used to get the parameters and then use either URL integration or web
services to integrate with RS.
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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"doug" <doug@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My RS has two date parameters setup as a date data type. If the user was
to
> key in 01102004 instead of 01/10/2004 they get this error;
> Reporting Services Error
> "The value provided for the report parameter 'P_FromDate' is not valid for
> its type. (rsReportParameterTypeMismatch)"
> How can set that parameter up so I can enter in either of the above dates
> formats? I need to beable to do error handling on these two fields.