Can't write to LONG datatype with OCCI.

Question

I am trying to write data to a table with a long column as desc in one of the examples. (It is not acceptable to change LONG to CLOB.) For some reason I am getting a status of UPDATE_COUNT_AVAILABLE when I call executeUpdate when I should be getting NEEDS_STREAM_DATA. Because of that, getStream gets an INACTIVE stream which I can't use to write data. Can anybody tell me where am I going wrong with this? I have Oracle 9.2.0.4.0.
== BEGIN OUTPUT ==
Statement::RESULT_SET_AVAILABLE = 2
Statement::UPDATE_COUNT_AVAILABLE = 3
Statement::NEEDS_STREAM_DATA = 4
Statement::STREAM_DATA_AVAILABLE = 5
Statement::PREPARED = 1
Statement::UNPREPARED = 0
Status > 3
UpdateCount:1
Stream::READY_FOR_READ = 0
Stream::READY_FOR_WRITE = 1
Stream::INACTIVE = 2
Status > 2
Buffer:1111111111
== END OUTPUT ==
// BEGIN CODE
try
int len = 10;
conn = env->createConnection(username, password, url);
stmt = conn->createStatement("INSERT INTO TESTTAB(LONGCOL) VALUES (:1)");
stmt->setCharacterStreamMode(1, len);
stmt->executeUpdate();
printStatementStatus(); // I'm getting Status of 3 UPDATE_COUNT_AVAILABLE
cout << "UpdateCount:" << stmt->getUpdateCount() << endl;
istrm = stmt->getStream(1);
printStreamStatus();
char buffer[len];
memset (buffer, (char)49, len);
cout << "Buffer:" << buffer << endl;
istrm->writeBuffer(buffer, len);
char c = (char )"";
istrm->writeLastBuffer(c, 0);
stmt->closeStream(istrm);
env->terminateConnection(conn);
catch(SQLException ex)
cout << "Exception thrown." << endl;
cout << "Error number: " << ex.getErrorCode() << endl;
cout << ex.getMessage();
// END CODE

Answer 1

First off, don't use finalize(). It is never guaranteed to actually run.
Just add a cleanup() method to your Account class that flushes and closes the writer; and call it before you exit main().
Now, as for your Date problem
java.util.Date certainly does have a no-args constructor.
java.sql.Date does not.
Make sure you aren't getting a name collision. (Hint: If you're doing import java.foo.* Stop Doing That. just import the classes you need)