Autonumber hassle---------

Question

m yproblem is that i hav autonumber field user_id in my oracle table;
wen i insert sequence seq.nextval from oracle ide it workz fine...bt now i hav user profil nd i hav to make entries thru java code...nd wen i use
pt=con.prepareStatement("insert into user_basic(user_id,f_name,m_name,l_name,email,password,pet_name,age,gender,mari,citizen) values(seq.nextval,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
it gives null pointer exception....
i hav tried:
1.
"insert into user_basic(user_id,f_name,m_name,l_name,email,password,pet_name,age,gender,mari,citizen) values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
pt.setString(1,null);
2.
"insert into user_basic(f_name,m_name,l_name,email,password,pet_name,age,gender,mari,citizen) values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
pt.setString(1,fname);
pt.setString(2,mname);
ans so on all entries
bt diz way oracle leavez user_id blank.....
kindly help regarding usage of autonumber in prepared statement....thanxx....
code:
public boolean validate() throws Exception
Connection con=null;
PreparedStatement pt=null;
try
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:ds;Uid=SYSTEM;Pwd=manager");
pt=con.prepareStatement("insert into user_basic(user_id,f_name,m_name,l_name,email,password,pet_name,age,gender,mari,citizen) values(seq.nextval,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
pt.setString(1,fname);
pt.setString(2,mname);
pt.setString(3,lname);
pt.setString(4,em);
pt.setString(5,pwd);
pt.setString(6,petname);
pt.setInt(7,ag);
pt.setString(8,gender);
pt.setString(9,marital);
pt.setString(10,citizenship);
x=pt.executeUpdate();
pt.close();
catch(ClassNotFoundException ex)
{System.out.println(ex);
//out.println("Couldn't load database driver: " + ex.getMessage());
catch(SQLException ex){
System.out.println(ex);
//out.println("SQLException caught: " + ex.getMessage());
catch (Exception ex){System.out.println(ex);
// out.println(ex);
finally {
// Always close the database connection.
try {
if (con!= null)
con.close();
catch (SQLException ignored){
System.out.println(ignored);
if(x==1)
return true;}
else
{return false;}
}

Answer 1

You stinking crossposting SMS-speaking twit!
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5244487