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Known Problems Using BigDecimal in JDBC 10.2 with JDK 1.5 (Doc ID 421008.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Applies to:

JDBC - Version 10.2.0 to 10.2.0.5
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Information in this document applies to any platform.
JDK 1.5


Purpose

The purpose of this note is to summarize the problems that exists when using BigDecimal in JDBC 10.2 in conjunction with JDK 1.5.

It also provides know workarounds and fixes for the problems.

Scope

Before reading this document, the user must have a good understanding of JDBC.

Details

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In this Document
Purpose
Scope
Details
 The Constructor oracle.sql.NUMBER(BigDecimal) does not work Correctly if the BigDecimal is Constructed from a String
 Using setBigDecimal() for Small Negative Values Corrupts Inserted Data
 Inserting BigDecimal with MathContext Inserts Wrong Value
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