ORA-01461 when Using Java.sql.ResultSet (Doc ID 2112318.1)

Last updated on JULY 21, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 12.1.0.2.0 version, Thin JDBC driver

When using a java.sql.ResultSet .insertRow() or .updateRow() to insert or update a table that does not have a LONG datatype, the following error is received:

ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column.

The table used for this has the next description:

Each field of the ResultSet is set using ResultSet.updateString for the VARCHAR2 and CHAR fields, or ResultSet.updateDate for the Date field.
The error is thrown when executing ResultSet.insertRow().

Changes

Cause

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