Problem querying date fields

I am having a problem querying on date fields using the Thin driver. I originally had the problem in the context of a bean used by a JSP, but reproduced the problem in a test app. The problem is that despite the fields being populated and verifying the SQL in SQLPLUS, the calls to ResultSet.getString() and getDate() always return null.
I run the query as follows:
results = statement.executeQuery("select NAME, START_DATE from EMPLOYEES where id=1");
String startDate;
try{
results.next();
startDate = results.getString("START_DATE");
catch ...
startDate always comes up null.
I have also tried ResultSet.getDate(), same problem.
Am I doing something wrong, or is there a bug? I have searched the news groups and bug reports and haven't found anything.
Also, a possibly related problem:
Using the same driver, a where clause of the form "where START_DATE < {d `2000-01-01'}" does not return any records, despite several qualifying records in the database.
This literal date format comes from section 11.3 of the JDBC 1.2 spec. Am I using this correctly?
I am using the 8.1.6 driver, and I think the db is 8 or 8i, I will check with the DBA tomorrow.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Al

Use PreparedStatement and its set methods instead. It will not only protect you from SQL injections, but it will absolutely also ease setting Java objects in an SQL query.
Prepare here: http://www.google.com/search?q=preparedstatement+tutorial+site:sun.com

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