how to store date format text into oracle9i

hi frnds

 i am using vs2005,asp.net,vb.net code,oracle9i database

Please help me in this query....

in my webform i am having a textbox....

now the textbox value is in date format(dd-mm-yyyy),this value should be stored
in my oracle database table,whicxh is having a field with date type.....

please help me out soon...

very urgent..

thank u

in advance

try converting the date to dotnet datetime object and then pass it to oracle a s
a parameter