Help me in Oracle-JDBC

Question

I am using Oracle JDBC driver to access the DB. The problem is when i retrieving the LONG type data via streaming. Sometimes it throws an IOException with the naming "The bigger type length than Maxium".
My DB and driver version is Oracle 8.0.5
The jdk version is 1.1.8(even i used J2EE,still with same error).
So who can tell me what is this Exception meaning and how to solve it.
thanks advanced

Answer 1

For production level stuff, for serious projects, for packaging ... yes.
Agreed.
But I disagree that an entry level programmer doing stuff on his own PC either for an entry level class or just stuff at home should never use the SYSTEM CLASSPATH. I think that's just silly dogmatism.
It's more than that. The problem is being lulled to sleep thinking that system CLASSPATH takes care of things. I've seen too many new folks hitting a brick wall because they don't realize that IDEs and app servers don't pay any attention to environment variable CLASSPATH.
To get a guy up and running, someone who is just starting out, there is nothing wrong with doing this.
I do see your point, but I'm assuming that somebody who's written something more than "hello world" is serious enough to want to know CLASSPATH.
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He can change it out later once he gets serious about programming and starts writing serious applications.
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I'll respectfully disagree. I don't think either of us can say when "later" and "serious" means. I'd prefer that folks know up front. It's not THAT hard. Pointing out the -classpath option on javac.exe and java.exe is a benefit, not silly dogma.
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