Re: BUG #2250: JSTL parameterized queries inserting numeric

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Ian Moore wrote:

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      2250
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Description:        JSTL parameterized queries inserting numeric values
> Details:
>
> When using the JSTL via JDBC, there is the option to write INSERT/UPDATE
> statements with parameters in JSP's.
> There is only two types the data parameters can be, a date or a character
> varying string.
> In most databases, if a character varying string is provided that contains a
> numeric value, and this is used to insert/update a numeric field, the driver
> will attempt a type conversion to the numeric value of the string and report
> errors only if the string is not a valid . However trying this in JSTL,
> which only provides support for text or date parameters results in the
> following error:
>
>     ERROR: column "????" is of type integer but expression is of type character
> varying
>

Your options are to rewrite your query like:
INSERT INTO mytable (intcol) VALUES (CAST(? AS int))

or you may use the 8.2dev driver and add ?stringtype=unspecified to your
URL.

Kris Jurka