Dear friends: I got some problem when I tried to retrieve data from oracle. Following is part of my code ********************************************* . /* create table*/ String createString; createString = "create table ATMSimulation " + "(USR_ID VARCHAR(20), " + "SavingAmount FLOAT, " + "CheckingAmount FLOAT, " + "Total FLOAT)"; Statement stmt; /* table is craeted successfully */ . ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery( "select Total from atmsimulation where USR_ID=\'cwu4\'"); while (rset.next ()) { float n=rset.getFloat("Total"); System.out.println(n); } ... ********************************************* and I got the error message: ***** Error message ***** kaffe.util.NotImplemented at java/lang/Throwable.<init>(24) at java/lang/Error.<init>(17) at kaffe/util/NotImplemented.<init>(16) at java/math/BigDecimal.<init>(25) at oracle/sql/NUMBER.<clinit>(3031) at oracle/jdbc/oracore/JavaConversion.NumberBytesToFloat(line unknown, p c 0x86ef087) at oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleStatement.getFloatValue(line unknown, pc 0x8 6ed7a5) at oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleResultSet.getFloat(line unknown, pc 0x86f114 f) at oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleResultSet.getFloat(line unknown, pc 0x86f10e 4) at CreateATMSimulation.main(44) *************** end of the error message ******** I create a table like following: user_id Saving Checking total -------- ------- -------- ----- cwu4 100 20 120 test 300 40 340 ... and everything is ok using SQLPLUS on oracle, But I just get the error message if I use JDBC to access data from oracle. Can somebody can give me help-- how to solve this problem. the other problems is if I modify the query as follow: "select * from atmsimulation where usr_id=\'cwu4\' " then I got the error message as following: ***** error message *** SQLException: ORA-03120: two-task conversion routine: integer overflow ******* end of error message ****** Can some body help me to solve the problem? I try to write a code to access data from oracle server. I have to create function to retrieve data ((select)) and update date to oracle ((update)). Do anyone have more information to pointout how to achieve it? Note: I install Oracle 8.0.5 on linux box with JDBC (8.1.5 thin)-- classes111.zip and Java 1.1.6_v5. Thanks in advance, Regards, Chien-Lung wu -- Chien-lung Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]