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----- Original Message ----
From: Eugeny N Dzhurinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:06:12 PM
Subject: Re: Exception while setting properties
From: Eugeny N Dzhurinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:06:12 PM
Subject: Re: Exception while setting properties
On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 07:22:22AM -0600, Larry Meadors wrote:
>
> So does this make the error go away?
Yep.
> If the database allows null values, you really don't want to use an
> int - and you are discovering why.
> Even with JDK5 and auto-boxing, if you try to assign a null to an int,
> you will get an NPE. So the only way around it is to assign a magic
> number ( i.e., 0) to mean null, which IMO is a retarded thing to do on
> purpose, but in some cases is the only way.
I thought that would work in a way as in ResultSet - for null values when
casting to int will result in 0
--
Eugene N Dzhurinsky
>
> So does this make the error go away?
Yep.
> If the database allows null values, you really don't want to use an
> int - and you are discovering why.
> Even with JDK5 and auto-boxing, if you try to assign a null to an int,
> you will get an NPE. So the only way around it is to assign a magic
> number ( i.e., 0) to mean null, which IMO is a retarded thing to do on
> purpose, but in some cases is the only way.
I thought that would work in a way as in ResultSet - for null values when
casting to int will result in 0
--
Eugene N Dzhurinsky
