You have to use the getXXXInputStream methods.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Ravi T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:48 AM
Subject: Reading a large string.
> Hi all,
>
> My problem might be a bit off-topic please don't mind.
>
> In one of my servlets Iam using JDBC to access SQLServer7.0.
> One of the tables in the database had a column whose data type is varchar
of
> size 8000.
> When Iam trying to retrieve the value of this column Iam getting the value
> only of the first 255 characters. Iam using the following method to
retrieve
> the value of this field.
>
> BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader(new
> InputStreamReader(rst.getBinaryStream(1)),4000);
> String in=reader.readLine();
> while(in != null)
> {
> sout.println(in);
> in=reader.readLine();
> }
>
> If anyone had a solution to retrieve the whole string stored in that field
> in the database then please let me know that solution.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ravi Kumar.
>
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