Need help with database retrieval

Question

This is the code im using to get a column from my database and display its contents into a JTextArea but for some reason it says this in the msdos box
Sending query: SELECT *
FROM words;
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Invalid characte
r value for cast specification on column number 1 (MoreThings)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(JdbcOdbc.java:6879)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(JdbcOdbc.java:7036)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLGetDataInteger(JdbcOdbc.java:3766)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcResultSet.getDataInteger(JdbcOdbcResultSet.java
:5501)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcResultSet.getInt(JdbcOdbcResultSet.java:567)
at WhiteBoardServer.displayField(WhiteBoardServer.java:423)
at WhiteBoardServer.getWords(WhiteBoardServer.java:406)
at WhiteBoardServer.<init>(WhiteBoardServer.java:43)
at WhiteBoardServer.main(WhiteBoardServer.java:490)
Query successful
And this is the code i used for retieving the information
public void getWords()
try
Statement statement = dbConnection.createStatement();
String query = "SELECT * FROM words";
System.out.println("\nSending query: " + dbConnection.nativeSQL( query ) + "\n" );
ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery( query );
displayField( rs );
System.out.println( "\nQuery successful\n" );
statement.close();
catch ( SQLException sqlex )
sqlex.printStackTrace();
// Method to display the data from the database for tab1
public void displayField( ResultSet rs )
try
rs.next();
int recordNumber = rs.getInt( 1 );
if ( recordNumber != 0 )
generateT.setText( rs.getString( 1 ) );
else{}
catch ( SQLException sqlex )
sqlex.printStackTrace();
// output.append( sqlex.toString() );
Any help is appreciated

Answer 1

1. Don't do 'SELECT *' it's yucky, and you never know what your gonna get.
2. In one point you are doing getInt and two lines later you are doing setString, on the same column. I think the driver is asking you to make up your mind.