The most stupid java.SQL.Error ever....can You handle this?

Question

hello there...:) this is veeery strange error:
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC]ResultSet can not re-read row data for column 5.
and what next?
(in DB this column type is "text" and Java can not read it and convert to "String".
I've tried:
String zzz = (String) ResultSet.getObject("columnName");
and even
convert(varchar(2000),columnName) columnName)
in SQL and still having the same error)
does someone know what to do next?
I'll recieve any suggestions with big pleasure :)

Answer 1

This is one of the gotchas with JDBC. From the JavaDoc for ResultSet: "For maximum portability, result set columns within each row should be read in left-to-right order, and each column should be read only once."
With some drivers you can read the columns out of sequence and multiple times, others you can't.
The first time you hit this problem it drives you insane (I know it did me).