RE: [INTERFACES] JDBC next() method

That's correct (we use that syntax in the driver's source ourselves).

wasNull() is only valid after a getxxx() call, but only for the last
call.

Peter

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Barnett [mailto:jbarnett@pobox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 3:37 PM
To: 'Peter Mount'; 'pgsql-interfaces@hub.org'
Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] JDBC next() method


On Wednesday, 14 April 1999 23:18, Peter Mount
[SMTP:petermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk] wrote:
> This looks ok.
>
> queryResult is null if there was an error in the query, so you should
> check for that.
>
> However, normal use would have the result parsed within a
> while(queryResult.next()) {} loop, so your interpretation is correct.

I don't think the query should give an error - as the query is at least
syntactically correct.  Certainly, if I check for a queryResult == null,
the
condition doesn't occur for an empty table.

I just had a quick browse on some old JDBC notes and it looks like the
correct
solution is:

queryResult = dbStatement.executeQuery("select max(history_id) from
history");
queryResult.next();
nextID = queryResult.getLong(1) + 1;
if (queryResult.wasNull())
    nextID = 0;

Note:  queryResult.wasNull() only works immediately after calling a
getxxx
method.

Thanks.

JonB.