ORA-17085 bug jdbc update on where statement

Question

hi,
i'm going crazy. i have this bug since 2009 and i don't know how to do.
i'm sure it's a bug from jdbc oracle (because it's working with mysql)
i guess it's not possible to do update on a row where this row is in the where query.
1) Resultset with a where condition
2) resultset.next
3)resultset update (the where field)
4) resultset next
5) resultst previous
6) resultset update (the where field)
---> ORA-17085
let's do this table:
the table:
CREATE TABLE test (
c1 NUMBER(10,0) NOT NULL,
c2 VARCHAR2(5) NULL,
c3 NUMBER,
c4 VARCHAR(5)
ALTER TABLE test
ADD CONSTRAINT test_pk PRIMARY KEY (
c1
the code with the bug:
here's the code to do this bug
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class MyMain
Connection con;
ResultSet res;
Statement stat;
public MyMain()
System.out.println("Loading JDBC driver.");
String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:DEMO/[email protected]:1521:ORCL";
String sPilote = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
//String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/test?user=demo&password=demo";
//String sPilote = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
try
Class.forName(sPilote);
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
stat = con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
stat.execute("DELETE FROM test");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (1,'C1',11,'C41')");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (2,'C1',12,'C42')");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (3,'C3',13,'C43')");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (4,'C1',14,'C44')");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (5,'C5',15,'C45')");
stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (6,'C1',16,'C46')");
// con.commit();
// ERROR HERE
//res = stat.executeQuery("SELECT c1,c2,c3,c4 FROM test ORDER BY c1"); // WHERE c2='C1'
res = stat.executeQuery("SELECT c1,c2,c3,c4 FROM test WHERE c2='C1' ORDER BY c1");
while (res.next())
System.out.println("BEGIN: " + res.getInt("c1") + " " + res.getString("c2") + " " + res.getInt("c3") + " " + res.getString("c4"));
res.first();
res.next();
System.out.println("-> UPDATE c2=c5");
res.updateString(2, "C5");
res.updateRow();
// con.commit();
System.out.println(res.getInt("c1") + " " + res.getString("c2") + " " + res.getInt("c3") + " " + res.getString("c4"));
res.next();
// con.commit();
res.previous();
System.out.println("-> UPDATE c2=c10");
res.updateString(2, "C10");
res.updateRow();
System.out.println(res.getInt("c1") + " " + res.getString("c2") + " " + res.getInt("c3") + " " + res.getString("c4"));
res.beforeFirst();
while (res.next())
res.refreshRow();
System.out.println("END: " + res.getInt("c1") + " " + res.getString("c2") + " " + res.getInt("c3") + " " + res.getString("c4"));
System.out.println("Finish.");
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
e.printStackTrace();
catch (SQLException e)
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
System.out.println( e.getErrorCode());
e.printStackTrace();
finally
if (con != null)
try
con.close();
catch (SQLException e)
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
public static void main(String argv[])
new MyMain();
output:
Loading JDBC driver.
BEGIN: 1 C1 11 C41
BEGIN: 2 C1 12 C42
BEGIN: 4 C1 14 C44
BEGIN: 6 C1 16 C46
-> UPDATE c2=c5
2 C1 12 C42
-> UPDATE c2=c10
17085
java.sql.SQLException:
so what to do to ask oracle to correct this bug ?
thanks and have a nice day

Answer 1

thanks for answer and sorry for not using code tag
i want to open support request but we don't have support for oracle :-(
well i try with all jdbc driver since 2009 and oracle 10g,10xe,11xe
java is 1.6 and 1.7
i really think it's about oracle jdbc because it's working with mysql.
if i do where 1=1 then it's working because the bug happen only if i update a field who is in the "where query"
let's see this code who has the same bug (more easy):
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class Test2 {
     Connection con;
     ResultSet res;
     Statement stat;
     public Test2() {
          System.out.println("Loading JDBC driver.");
          String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:demo/[email protected]:1521:XE";
          String sPilote = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
          try {
               Class.forName(sPilote);
               con = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
               stat = con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
                         ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
               stat.execute("DELETE FROM test");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (1,'C1',11,'C41')");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (2,'C1',12,'C42')");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (3,'C3',13,'C43')");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (4,'C1',14,'C44')");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (5,'C5',15,'C45')");
               stat.execute("INSERT INTO test(C1,C2,C3,C4) values (6,'C1',16,'C46')");
               res = stat
                         .executeQuery("SELECT c1,c2,c3,c4 FROM test WHERE c2='C1' ORDER BY c1");
               res.first();
               res.next();
               System.out.println("-> UPDATE c2=c5");
               res.updateString(2, "C5");
               res.updateRow();
               // con.commit();
               res.refreshRow(); // don't change something
               System.out.println(res.getInt("c1") + " " + res.getString("c2")
                         + " " + res.getInt("c3") + " " + res.getString("c4") +" should be: 2 C5 12 C42");
          } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (SQLException e) {
               System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
               e.printStackTrace();
          } finally {
               if (con != null)
                    try {
                         con.close();
                    } catch (SQLException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String argv[]) {
          new Test2();
}output:
Loading JDBC driver.
-> UPDATE c2=c5
2 C1 12 C42 should be: 2 C5 12 C42
thanks a lot for your help