[Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-24801: illegal parameter value in OCI lob function

Question

Hi,
I am trying to insert an xml doc into a column of Oracle table which has a datatype CLOB in JSP. PFB my code that I am using --
int id = 100;
String st1 = "NEW";
String st2 = "WLR3_IN_1";
Date dt = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").parse("04/02/2008");
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:CST Server","xmluser","xmluser");
String query = "INSERT INTO SEQ_API_MESSAGE_IN(SEQ_NO,MESSAGE_TEXT,STATUS,DIALECT,CREATED_TS) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?)";
out.println(6);
String fn = "C:/order.xml";
out.println(7);
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(query);
out.println(8);
File file = new File(fn);
out.println(9);
FileReader inputFileReader = new FileReader(file);
stmt.setInt(1,id);
stmt.setCharacterStream(2,inputFileReader, (long)file.length());
stmt.setString(3,st1);
stmt.setString(4,st2);
stmt.setDate(5,new java.sql.Date(dt.getTime()));
out.println(10);
if (stmt.executeUpdate() != 1) {
System.out.println("No record inserted.");
But I am getting an output in the form of an Oracle error - 5 6 7 8 9 10 [Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-24801: illegal parameter value in OCI lob function
So all the statements are getting executed after which this Oracle error is thrown. Could you help me with this.
Thanks in anticipation.. :)

Answer 1

As suggested I may try switching to JDBC instead of JDBC-ODBC bridge driver , but I also tried doing this to get the sysdate --
//Date dt = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").parse("04/02/2008");
String date = DateFormat.getInstance().format(new Date());
stmt.setString(5,date);
and now I am getting this error -- 5 6 7 8 9 10 [Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-01843: not a valid month Hello1
Hello1 is coming from --
catch (SQLException sqle){
out.println(sqle.getMessage());
out.print("Hello1");
}