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Kristian Waagan commented on DERBY-5489:
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According to the JDBC specification, using getBytes on a BLOB column isn't
allowed. This is stated in table B-6 and the following text:
"""
TABLE B-6 Type Conversions Supported by ResultSet getter Methods
This table shows which JDBC types may be returned by ResultSet getter methods. A
bold X indicates the method recommended for retrieving a JDBC type. A plain x
indicates for which JDBC types it is possible to use a getter method.
"""
There is no x/X in the cell where getBytes and BLOB intersects.
If this is correct, I will create a new JIRA to track the work on forbidding
this in Derby since the title of this issue doesn't express what is changing
very well. This change will most likely have consequences for some existing
applications and will require a release note.
The work mentioned above is probably not suitable for backporting, but as an an
alternative we could use the mechanism that disallows multiple accesses of the
same LOB/stream column on a single row to improve the situation on 10.8 and
earlier. That means applications using only ResultSet.getBytes() on a BLOB will
continue to work, whereas applications using
ResultSet.get[Blob|BinaryStream|Object] plus getBytes will fail. Failing with
an exception is preferable to data corruption/wrong results. Some applications
may not see the data corruption/wrong results - I believe this will be the case
if the BLOBs are below a given threshold (represented in-memory vs store
stream). Based on Dag's comment this may also be the case for applications
using the client driver (independent of the BLOB size).
I haven't verified it, but I suspect there will be similar issues to fix for
CLOB.
Any opinions on my interpretation of the JDBC specification, and on the
suggested improvements?
> getBinary() returns incorrect data after getObject() call on BLOB column
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> Key: DERBY-5489
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5489
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: JDBC
> Affects Versions: 10.7.1.1, 10.8.2.2
> Reporter: Pawel Fronczak
> Labels: derby_triage10_9
> Attachments: SelectBlobBug.java, repro.diff
>
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> When ResultSet.getObject(int) is called on a BLOB column, the correct
> EmbedBlob object is returned. But if afterwards the ResultSet.getBytes(int)
> is called on the same row, the returned array contains invalid data - it is
> offset by 3 bytes and its size is incorrect.
> The problem only occurs when the stored BLOB is large enough to be internally
> represented by stream and not by array of bytes (at least ~32KiB).
> It seems that the getObject method shifts the stream position and therefore
> the getBytes method starts to read the data after the third byte, thus
> incorrectly calculating its length.
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