Hi,
I am currently doing a little web-based project of my own and have some trouble comparing a java.util.date with an oracle Date field. It gives the error that SQL command is not properly ended when I try to do so:

java.util.Date newDate=new java.util.Date();
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery ("SELECT DISTINCT issue_dt FROM passcard WHERE passcard.expire_dt>"+newDate);

Have tried formatting it with:
SimpleDateFormat sdf=new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yy");
as the db format is 7-MAY-04,
but that doesn't seem to work as yy is recognised as an illegal character in the database.Thanks in advance and would be grateful for any help given.