NullPointerException in weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection.createStatement()

Question

Hello,
we are running WLS 6.1 SP2. The following code sometimes (rather rarely) throws
a NullPointerException:
Connection dbConnection = DBUtil.getDBConnection();//here we get the Connection
stmt = dbConnection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);//it's
where NPE happens
The error report says:
java.sql.SQLException:
java.lang.NullPointerException at
weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection.createStatement(SerialConnection.java:396)
So, I think, this is something in WebLogic's code... Is this a known issue (I
couldn't find a similar report in the newsgroup)? Is there a workaround?
regards,
Vitaly

Answer 1

Vitaly Sourikov wrote:
"Vitaly Sourikov" <[email protected]> wrote:
The patches that we use with SP2 are
CR061106_61sp2.jar
CR072612_61sp2.jar
CR077919_61sp2.jar
As far as we know, those fixes (or some of them) were not introduced in SP4. Are
there new versions of the patches for SP4?I have found that all these bugs are fixed in sp4, so no patches are needed if you
upgrade to 6.1sp4.
Joe
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regards,
Vitaly
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, we cannot move to SP3 or SP4
- they have
conflicts with other patches from WebLogic we use. This error happens
rather rarely.
In most of cases this very stuff works. But it would be intresing to
have this
patch for diagnostics, in case of future failures. Would you send it
to me, please?
Thank you in advance,
Vitaly
Joseph Weinstein <[email protected]> wrote:
Vitaly Sourikov wrote:
Hello,
we are running WLS 6.1 SP2. The following code sometimes (rather rarely)throws
a NullPointerException:
Connection dbConnection = DBUtil.getDBConnection();//here we get theConnection
stmt = dbConnection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);//it's
where NPE happens
The error report says:
java.sql.SQLException:
java.lang.NullPointerException at
weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection.createStatement(SerialConnection.java:396)
So, I think, this is something in WebLogic's code... Is this a knownissue (I
couldn't find a similar report in the newsgroup)? Is there a workaround?Hi. The NPE is probably happening in the actual DBMS driver. What is
happening
is that the rmi driver is having to catch any non-SQLException, andthrow
a SQLException
with the message of the original exception. Unfortunately, the fullstacktrace
of the
original NPE is lost. If you want, I can send you a small diagnostic
patch, which will
just make the rmi object retain the whole original stacktrace in the
exception it throws,
and that will help lead to the real problem.
This may well be a bug that was fixed in sp3 or 4. Is it possible
for you to upgrade to
the latest stuff?
Joe
regards,
Vitaly