JDev 9.0.3, BC4J, char column, db 9.2.0.1 issue

Question

I have a query that I run to list points of contact and addresses. I use the BC4J jbo tag to create a view object on the fly. I don't know if this is a JDev issue or the RDBMS issue...the column in question is defined as char(2).
The problem is that I get different results, depending upon whether I'm connected to an 8.1.7.4 db or 9.2.0.1. Both are on Windows platforms. 9.2 is "personal" (i.e. loaded on my laptop), 8.1.7.4 is EE. The test piece of code which reproduces is:
<%
//Build the main query and join the region table
String newquery = "SELECT POC_ID, POC_REGION_ID, POC_LAST_NAME, POC_FIRST_NAME, POC_MID_NAME, " +
"POC_ADDR_LN1, POC_ADDR_LN2, POC_ADDR_LN3, POC_CITY, POC_STATE_CD, POC_ZIP_CD, REGION_ID, REGION_NAME " +
"FROM CS_POINT_OF_CONTACT, REF_FISTS_REGION " +
"WHERE POC_REGION_ID = REGION_ID AND POC_ID is not null AND POC_ACTIVE = 'Y' " +
"ORDER BY POC_LAST_NAME, POC_FIRST_NAME, POC_MID_NAME";
%>
<jbo:CreateViewObject appid="Mypackage1Module" name="SelectionView">
<%= newquery %>
</jbo:CreateViewObject>
<jbo:DataSource id="ds" appid="Mypackage1Module" viewobject="SelectionView" />
<jbo:RowsetIterate datasource="ds" changecurrentrow="false" userange="false" >
<jbo:Row id="aRow" datasource="ds" action="Active"/>
<%
//Check for State
String AddrState = "";
if(aRow.getAttribute("POC_STATE_CD") == null) {
AddrState = "";
} else {
AddrState = "|" + (String) aRow.getAttribute("POC_STATE_CD").toString() + "|";
System.out.println(AddrState);
out.println(AddrState);
out.println("<BR>");
%>
</jbo:RowsetIterate>
When using 8.1.7.4, I get:
|NY|
|OH|
|MA|
When using 9.2.0.1, I get (note extra spaces):
|NY |
|OH |
|MA |
I know the tables are defined the same way, I exported from 8.1.7.4 and imported to 9.2.0.1 and checked the column definitions.
This is causing an issue with my application as the extra spaces do not match up with the data queried elsewhere.
Is this a BC4J issue, DB issue, driver issue?
Regards,
Jeff

Answer 1

OK -- JDev: 9.0.3.1035
I'm not sure how to tell which JDBC driver(s) I'm using, but in Jdev\jdbc\lib
Directory of C:\jdev903\jdbc\lib\*
11/27/2002 4:37 <DIR> .
11/27/2002 4:37 <DIR> ..
10/08/2002 3:40 1,154,398 classes12.jar
10/08/2002 3:40 1,159,789 classes12dms.jar
10/08/2002 3:40 1,000,798 classes111.jar
10/08/2002 3:40 1,394,295 nls_charset11.jar
10/08/2002 3:40 1,394,764 nls_charset12.jar
and in Jdev\jdbc\lib817:
Directory of C:\jdev903\jdbc\lib817\*
11/27/2002 4:36 <DIR> .
11/27/2002 4:36 <DIR> ..
10/08/2002 3:40 1,932,480 classes12.zip
Jeff