Return value is null

hi,
in my java file, i am selecting only one field and the value will be displayed into my jsp file, the problem is, it return a null value meaning the value of bizid is null.can anybody can tell what's the problem with my script??
here is my method in java file:
public void setbizID( String value ) {
bizID = value;
public String getBizID() {
System.out.println("testing:" +bizID);
return bizID;
public String view_detail() {
System.out.println("start view detail");
try {
System.out.println("start select from table");
st =con.createStatement();
String query ="SELECT bizid from inventory where productid = '"+productID+"'";
System.out.println(query);
rs = st.executeQuery(query);
System.out.println("end of select process");
System.out.println("bizID is:" +bizID);
catch (SQLException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
System.out.println("error");
return bizID;
and this is my jsp file:
<%@ page import ="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.lang.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.util.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.io.*" %>
<%@ page import ="InsertIntoInv" %>
<%! String productID;
String bizID; %>
<jsp:useBean id="check" class="InsertIntoInv" scope="request" />
<jsp:setProperty name="check" property="*" />
<% check.connect(); %>
<% String bizID = check.getBizID(); %>
<% check.view_detail(); %>

okie..i'll paste all my script here..hope u can help me..:)
actually, i want to display bizid in my jsp page and the select stmt is in my java file...hope it won't confuse u..
AddInventory.jsp:
<html>
<head>
<title>Inventory : Add New Entry</title>
</head>
<%@ page import ="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.lang.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.util.*" %>
<%@ page import ="java.io.*" %>
<%@ page import ="InsertIntoInv" %>
<%! String productID;
String bizID; %>
<jsp:useBean id="check" class="InsertIntoInv" scope="request" />
<jsp:setProperty name="check" property="*" />
<% if (request.getParameter("productID") != null) {
productID = request.getParameter("productID");
} %>
<% if (request.getParameter("bizID") != null) {
bizID = request.getParameter("bizID");
} %>
<%
java.text.SimpleDateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
java.util.Date currentTime_1 = new java.util.Date();
String dateString = formatter.format(currentTime_1);
%>
<tr>
<td>
date1 :<%= dateString %>
</td>
</tr>
<% check.connect(); %>
<% String bizID = check.getBizID(); %>
<% check.view_detail(); %>
<br>Your bizID is :<br>
<% out.println(check.view_detail()); %><br>
<% out.println(check.getBizID()); %><br>
<body>
<p> </p>
<table width="100%" border="0">
<tr bgcolor="#6699CC">
<td bgcolor="#66CCFF"><div align="center"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Inventory
and Replenishment</font></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Warehouse</font></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Inventory
Movement </font></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Reporting</font></strong></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Add Entry | Edit
| Delete
| View List </font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<form name="formAddInv" method="post" action="CheckAddInventory.jsp?prodID=<%= productID %>">
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Inventory Informations</strong></font></p>
<table width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Product ID</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <%= productID %></font></td>
<input type="hidden" name="ProdID" value="<%= productID %>">
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Business ID</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <%= bizID %></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Date Created</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></td>
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <%= new java.util.Date() %></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><br>  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Insert New Inventory">
<input type="reset" name="reset" value="Cancel"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
and InsertIntoInv.java:
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.lang.String;
public class InsertIntoInv{
String error;
Connection con;
Statement st;
ResultSet rs;
String zoneid;
String zonename;
String productID;
String bizID;
// define the data source for the driver
String sourceURL = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost/b2b";
String username = "username";
String password = "psswd";
public InsertIntoInv() {
public void setproductID( String value ) {
productID = value;
public void setbizID( String value ) {
bizID = value;
public void setwarehouseID( String value ) {
warehouseID = value;
public void setwarehousename( String value ) {
warehousename = value;
public String getproductID() {
return productID;
public String getBizID() {
System.out.println("testing:" +bizID);
return bizID;
public String getWarehouseID() {
System.out.println("whid:" +warehouseID);
return warehouseID;
public String getwarehousename() {
System.out.println("whname:" +warehousename);
return warehousename;
public void connect() throws ClassNotFoundException,SQLException,
Exception {
try {
     Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
     con = DriverManager.getConnection(sourceURL,username,password);
     System.out.println("Connected to Database");
catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
     error = "ClassNotFoundException: Could not locate DB driver.";
     System.out.println("Exception=" + cnfe);
     throw new ClassNotFoundException(error);
catch (SQLException cnfe) {
     error = "SQLException: Could not connect to database.";
     System.out.println("Execption = " + cnfe);
     throw new SQLException(error);
catch (Exception e) {
     error = "Exception: An unknown error occurred while connecting "
+ "to database.";
     throw new Exception(error);
// end method connect
public String view_detail() {
System.out.println("start view detail");
try {
System.out.println("start select from table");
st =con.createStatement();
String query ="SELECT bizid from inventory where productid = '"+productID+"'";
System.out.println(query);
rs = st.executeQuery(query);
System.out.println("end of select process");
System.out.println("bizID is:" +bizID);
catch (SQLException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
System.out.println("error");
return bizID;
public void insert(String zoneid, String zonename) {
try{
System.out.println("prepare to insert");
st = con.createStatement();
System.out.println("masuk tak?");
String query = " INSERT INTO zone VALUES('"+zoneid+"','"+zonename+"')";
System.out.println("query: "+query);
//rs = st.executeQuery(query);
     st.executeUpdate(query);
System.out.println("succesful insert into table");
catch(SQLException sqe) {
//sqe.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("sqe: "+sqe);
public void disconnect() throws SQLException {
     try {
     if ( con != null ) {
          con.close();
     catch (SQLException sqle) {
     error = ("SQLException: Unable to close the database connection.");
     throw new SQLException(error);
// end method disconnect} End class

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I found that I could not get out every element from para in server-side, but para.size() is showing it contains 10 elements in it. The same thing happen to the return value of this operation, in client, I got an instance of java.util.List class as the return value, when I try
System.out.println(result.get(0)); it output "null", but
result.size() is 10, I don't know how to explain this
   Does anyone who encounter this issue too?
I guess it has something to with the Serializable issue ,but I have made every List item serializable, why it looks like this??

Hi Kevin,
I answered you by mail some days ago, but just to complete the thread, I am posting the hint also here:
Custom types should be manually added to the Virtual Interface, so that they can be serialized.
Best regards,
Alexander

How to get return values from task flow in af:region ?

Hi!
I'm working with a taskFlow that is rendered inside a popup using the "popup inside a region pattern" (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/adf/patterns/popupregionpattern.pdf), but now this taskFlow has an input parameter and a return value definition. So the question is how to get a value returned by this taskFlow thas is called inside a region?
Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
write the value to a shared memory scope like session and read it in the regionNavigation listener. If you follow the paper you refer to then the listener determines of the viewId is null, this a return happens. It wuld then look in the memory scope for the return value.
Another option would be to use an object that you pass as an argument to the task flow you open in the popup. Then you change the object you passed in, which then makes the return information available in teh calling flow. The object you pass in would have to be in a shared scope too
Frank

Remote Object - not able to get the returned value from java method

     Hi ,
I am developing one sample flex aplication that connects to the java code and displays the returned value from the
java method in flex client. Here I am able to invoke the java method but not able to collect the returned value.
lastResult is giving null . I am able to see the sysout messages in server console.
I am using flex 3.2 and blazeds server and java 1.5
Here is the code what I have written.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" initialize="initApp()">
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.binding.utils.ChangeWatcher;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.messaging.*;
import mx.messaging.channels.*
public function initApp():void {
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     remoteObj.channelSet = cs;
public function writeToConsole():void {      remoteObj.writeToConsole(
"hello from Flash client");
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//[Bindable]
// private var returnedVal:String;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:RemoteObject id="remoteObj" destination="sro" />
<mx:Form width="437" height="281">
<mx:FormItem>
</mx:FormItem>
<mx:Button label="Write To Server Console" click="writeToConsole()"/>
</mx:Form>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
Java code
public
     public SimpleRemoteObject(){
          super();     }
class SimpleRemoteObject {
     public void writeToConsole(String msg) {          System.out.println("SimpleRemoteObject.write: " + msg);     }
     public String setName(){          System.
out.println("Name changed in Java");
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<destination id="sro">
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    <scope>application</scope>
   </properties>
</destination>
Please help me .

You are not able to get the returned value because if you see the Remote object help you will realise you have to use result="resultfn()" and fault = "faultfn()"
In this you define what you wish to do.
More importantly in the remote object you need to define which method you wish to call using the method class like this
<mx:RemoteObject id="remoteObj" destination="sro" result="r1" fault="f1" >
     <Method name="javaMethodName" result="r2" fault="f2"/>
<mx:RemoteObject>
r2 is the function where you get the result back from java and can use it to send the alert.

How to get return values from region?

I add a page flow as region into a page. The page flow has a return parameter. How to get the return value in parent page?

I have been also intrigued by this question.
There is however a workaround that you can set the values in requestScope.
We can have a regionNavigationListener on the region and catch the end of taskflow if viewid is null.
regionNavigationEvent.getNewViewId() == null
Here we can read the request values and set wherever to be used.
maniesh (sid)

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Hi Everyone,
Has anyone tried calling an Oracle procedure from Php using the ora functions and getting the return value ? I need to use the ora funtions (no oci)because of compatibility and oracle 7.x as the database.
The reason why I post this here is because the ora_exec funtion is returning FALSE but the error code displayes is good. Is this a bug in the ora_exec funtion ?
My code after the connection call is as follows:
$cur = ora_open($this->conn);
ora_commitoff($this->conn);
$requestid = '144937';
echo $requestid;
$rc = ora_parse($cur, "begin p_ins_gsdata2
(:requestid, :returnval); end;");
if ($rc == true) {
echo " Parse was successful ";
$rc2 = ora_bind ($cur, "requestid", ":requestid", 32, 1);
if ($rc2 == true) echo " Requestid Bind Successful ";
$rc3 = ora_bind ($cur, "returnval", ":returnval", 32, 2);
if ($rc3 == true) echo " Returnval Bind Successful ";
$returnval = "0";
$rc4 = ora_exec($cur);
echo " Result = ".$returnval." ";
if ($rc4 == false) {
echo " Exec Returned FALSE ";
echo " Error = ".ora_error($cur);
echo " ";
echo "ErrorCode = ".ora_errorcode($cur);
echo "Error Executing";
ora_close ($cur);
The Oracle procedure has a select count from a table and it returns the number of records in that table. It's defined as:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure p_ins_gsdata2 (
p_requestid IN varchar2 default null,
p_retcode OUT varchar2)
as
BEGIN
SELECT COUNT (*) INTO p_retcode
FROM S_GSMRY_DATA_SURVEY
WHERE request_id = p_requestid ;
COMMIT;
RETURN;
END;
Nothing much there. I want to do an insert into a table,
from the procedure later, but I figured that I start with a select count since it's simpler.
When I ran the Php code, I get the following:
144937
Parse was successful
Requestid Bind Successful
Returnval Bind Successful
Result = 0
Exec Returned FALSE
Error = ORA-00000: normal, successful completion -- while
processing OCI function OBNDRA
ErrorCode = 0
Error Executing
I listed the messages on separate lines for clarity. I don't understand why it parses and binds o.k. but the exec returns false.
Thanks again in advance for your help. Have a great day.
Regards,
Rudi

retcode=`echo $?`is a bit convoluted. Just use:
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replace the EXEC line with :
select 'hello' from dual;
and see if you get some output - then you know if sqlplus commands are being called from your script. You didn't mentioned whether you see the banner for sqlplus. Copy/paste the output that you get, it will give us much more of an idea.

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Hello, everyone.
I'm trying to use utl_dbws to call web service from Oracle DB 10 g.
WS has unbounded return value:
<xs:element maxOccurs='unbounded' minOccurs='0' name='return' type='xs:string'/>
I'm setting return paramter in web service call handler like this:
sys.UTL_DBWS.set_return_type(l_h_service_call, cs_qname_type_string);
and when I'm trying to call it from PL/SQL function I'm getting an error:
ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception:
deserialization error: XML reader error: unexpected character content: "s2"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_DBWS", line 388
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_DBWS", line 385
ORA-06512: at line 38
I've tried to return values by out parameters and got the same exception.
It looks like utl_dbws needs to know parameters count before calling.
Have anyone succeded in getting arrays from Web Service call?
This is a part of wsdl:
<xs:complexType name='getProcessList'>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs='0' name='nameMask' type='xs:string'/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name='getProcessListResponse'>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element maxOccurs='unbounded' minOccurs='0' name='return' type='xs:string'/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
Throught SoapUI I can produce such kind of request:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:proc="http://processmanager.argustelecom.ru/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<proc:getProcessList>
<processNameMask>*</processNameMask>
</proc:getProcessList>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
and get a response:
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<env:Header/>
<env:Body>
<ns2:getProcessListResponse xmlns:ns2="http://processmanager.argustelecom.ru/">
<return>s1</return>
<return>s2</return>
<return>s3</return>
<return>s4</return>
</ns2:getProcessListResponse>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
PL/SQL function:
DECLARE
cs_qname_type_string CONSTANT sys.UTL_DBWS.qname
:= sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema', 'string') ;
cs_qname_type_int CONSTANT sys.UTL_DBWS.qname := sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema', 'int');
cs_qname_type_any CONSTANT sys.UTL_DBWS.qname
:= sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema', 'anyType') ;
cs_endpoint CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := 'http://server:8080/process-manager/ProcessManager';
l_service sys.UTL_DBWS.service;
l_service_qname sys.UTL_DBWS.qname;
l_port_qname sys.UTL_DBWS.qname;
l_operation_qname sys.UTL_DBWS.qname;
l_h_service_call sys.UTL_DBWS.call;
l_params sys.UTL_DBWS.anydata_list;
l_ret_val SYS.ANYDATA;
BEGIN
l_service_qname := sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname(NULL, 'ProcessManagerService');
l_service := sys.UTL_DBWS.create_service(l_service_qname);
l_port_qname := sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname(NULL, 'ProcessListServiceBinding');
l_operation_qname := sys.UTL_DBWS.to_qname('http://processmanager.argustelecom.ru/', 'getProcessList');
l_h_service_call := sys.UTL_DBWS.create_call(l_service, l_port_qname, l_operation_qname);
sys.UTL_DBWS.set_target_endpoint_address(l_h_service_call, cs_endpoint);
-- return type
sys.UTL_DBWS.set_return_type(l_h_service_call, cs_qname_type_any);
-- param type
sys.UTL_DBWS.ADD_PARAMETER(l_h_service_call, 'processNameMask', cs_qname_type_string, 'ParameterMode.IN');
l_params(1) := anydata.convertvarchar2('*');
l_ret_val := sys.UTL_DBWS.invoke(l_h_service_call, l_params);
IF l_ret_val IS NULL THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('l_ret_val is null');
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('l_ret_val is not null');
END IF;
sys.UTL_DBWS.release_call(l_h_service_call);
END;
Edited by: Ilya on 03.12.2008 3:50

Hi Tony
I'm not sure if you would have solved your problem by now, but with my recent experience with the utl_dbws package, for doc lits with complex data types, you have to call the service with an XML request, as opposed to passing the param array.
If you still need details, reply accordingly.
Ta
cT

Trying to write an if statement around the return value of a CANCEL_OPTION

I am writing a program that takes an input String using JOptionPane. The String can be made of only letters of the A-Z alphabet and the space character. I have written an error-checking loop that will pop another input box up along with an error message if any invalid character is detected. The input box has an 'ok' button and a 'cancel' button. As it is, if you hit cancel, the program crashes and you get a NullPointerException. All I want to do is place an if statement inside of the error-checking loop, immediatly after the code to pop up the second input box, that simply does System.exit() and exits the program correctly(rather than crashing) if 'cancel' is clicked.
My attempt at such an if statement is visible in the following code(letter is a boolean variable defined earlier, and message is the input String that has already been read in):
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                            System.exit(JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION);
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                }The if statement doesn't work correctly. If you click 'cancel' when the input box comes up, the program does terminate as it is supposed to. The problem is that if I type something in the box and click 'ok', it also causes the program to terminate rather than continuing. I've tried changing the > to ==. I've tried changing 0 to 1 to 2 to -1(I really am not sure which int return value of CANCEL_OPTION corresponds to which event). I think once I got to do the exact opposite...that is to say, it would continue on with the program whether I clicked 'cancel' or 'ok'. Which is equally bad. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
It's probably something simple that I'm just overlooking.

Well, here's what CANCEL_OPTION is, according to the JOptionPane class:
/** Return value from class method if CANCEL is chosen. */
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With JOptionPane, whenever you show a dialog, it usually returns whatever OPTION the user chose.
For instance,
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It will have the default options (YES_NO_OPTION).
What it returns is the option the user chose.
There are 4 possible things it can return:
YES_OPTION, when user clicks "Yes"
NO_OPTION, when user clicks "No"
ERROR_OPTION, when an unforseen error occurs and the dialog closes
CANCEL_OPTION, when the user clicks "Cancel" (if that OPTION type were being used), or if they close the dialog
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However, it seems as if you're in a unique situation where you don't want the OPTION chosen by the user, but an input String.
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What I've done in the past is created a simple JPanel with its own JTextField.
I pass the JPanel in as the "message" parameter of a showConfirmDialog call, and get both the user input and their chosen OPTION based off a getText call to the JTextField and the OPTION constant returned by showConfirmDialog.
Basically,
JPanel promptPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JTextField promptField = new JTextField();
promptPanel.add(promptField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
int choice = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(parentComponent, promptPanel, "Input", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
if (choice == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
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else if (choice == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION) {
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}Hope that helps.
(note that I'm unsure if showConfirmDialog can accept OK_CANCEL_OPTION as its OPTION parameter, as it says only YES_NO_OPTION and YES_NO_CANCEL_OPTION can be used, but I seem to remember using it in the past. if OK_CANCEL_OPTION doesn't want to work, then use one of the other two and adjust your if statements accordingly)
Cheers!
Edited by: LukeFoss on Oct 9, 2007 10:39 PM

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We have developed a web service in asp.net to get the details of a particular purchase order number calling Bapi_po_Getdetail. The input parameters that we pass are:
string ITEMS = X
string PURCHASEORDER= <purchase order number>
But when we debug and check the return values from the bapi, BAPIEKPO Table doesnt have any data, it is null.
Could someone help us, please?

Please initialize the BAPIEKPOTable bedore call. Passing null allways returns null.
NCo:
string ITEMS = X
string PURCHASEORDER= <purchase order number>
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proxy.Bapi_po_Getdetail(ITEMS, PURCHASEORDER, ref result);
Soap Processor / Web Service Wizard
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