Re: JDBC and CLOB retrieval question
Martin Gregorie wrote:
Lew wrote:
Try ResultSet.getString( String column ).
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/ResultSet.html#getString(java.lang.String)>
I did that initially by mistake (having used
PrepareStatement.setCharacterStream() to fill the TEXT field but there
was a character code mistranslation between that and getString(). That,
and the ugliness involved in reading via getCharacterStream was what
prompted this query.
Do you mean character /encoding/ error?
The problem with the getString() approach was a mismatch in character
encoding. Fix the mismatch. Perhaps it arose from using
setCharacterStream(), eh? How about you use setString() with getString(),
instead of getCharacterStream() with setCharacterStream()?
What you did is like curing your kid's cold by having another kid.
I don't know why you consider the getCharacterStream() ugly. It's perfectly
acceptable. If it works, you should stick with it. Any pre-packaged method
would just be a wrapper for what you did anyway. I'd stick with what you've
got, if it's working.
--
Lew
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