ResultSet getDate(TIME_STAMP) returns java.lang.NumberForm..

Hi.
I am working with Oracle 9 , and using the oracle jdbc driver.

Just to be clearer, I need to format the date into my format, and of
course SimpleDateFormat don't recognize the monthe written in
hebrew...

Thanks.
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Sorry, want to fix the last message...
The crash occures on

Date dtTimeStamp = rs.getDate("TIME_STAMP");

and not on the formatter.
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On Jan 28, 4:18 pm, jaja wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> When I use ResultSet getDate("TIME_STAMP") on a table with a
> TIME_STAMP column, which is defined as DATE, it returns
> "java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string:" and here comes
> the month name in hebrew!
>
> How can I avoid this?
>
> Thanks!

How in hell does the "TIME_STAMP column" return you a "month name in
hebrew"?
Are you storing the date/time stamp as a string in your DB?
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On Jan 28, 10:58 pm, jaja wrote:
> Sorry, want to fix the last message...
> The crash occures on
>
> Date dtTimeStamp = rs.getDate("TIME_STAMP");
>
> and not on the formatter.

What do you see with:

Object obj = rs.getObject("TIME_STAMP");
System.out.println("It is a " + obj.getClass().getName() + " = " +
obj );
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jaja wrote:

> I am working with Oracle 9 , and using the oracle jdbc driver.

There are different JDBC-drivers for Oracle. Make sure that the
driver you're using works with the corresponding database. This
is especially important when using the OCI-driver (but problems
there usually end up with a crash of the process).

> Just to be clearer, I need to format the date into my format, and of
> course SimpleDateFormat don't recognize the monthe written in
> hebrew...

It would if you specify the correct Locale. But before you try
something like that, check if the column is really of type
timestamp/date. You can check the type with
resultset.getMetaData().getColumnType(colIndex).
It should return 91 (java.sql.Types.DATE) or 93
(java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP). If it's 1, 12, or something
else, likelyhood is big that the value is already stored
in a wrong way inside the database.

Best would be try that out and report back.


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jaja a écrit :
> Hello All!
>
> When I use ResultSet getDate("TIME_STAMP") on a table with a
> TIME_STAMP column, which is defined as DATE, it returns
> "java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string:" and here comes
> the month name in hebrew!
>
> How can I avoid this?
>
> Thanks!
Use new Date(getTimestamp("TIME_STAMP").getTime())
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