RE: Postgresql JDBC errors

Which line is line 25 exactly?

Technically after the executeQuery(), rs may be null, so you should wrap
the next two lines in an if statement. ie:

rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM LE_TUTORIAL_DISCS");
if(rs) {
rs.next();
System.out.println("Title = " + rs.getString("title") + " -- Artist =
" + rs.getString("artist"));
rs.close(); // note to close the ResultSet
}

Peter

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Peter Mount
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rathke [mailto:render(at)uswest(dot)net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 5:17 AM
To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [INTERFACES] Postgresql JDBC errors

I an using Postgresql-6.5.3 with jdbc6.5-1.2 and jdk1.2.2 on redhat
linux 6.2 . I
have tried to check the jdbc link using JDBCtest.java. Here is the info.

my classpath is

CLASSPATH=/lib/jdbc6.5-1.1.jar

JDBCtest.java

/*
This file is part of the tutorial in Chapter 3 of "Getting Started
with Enhydra".
It is not meant to be used in any other context.

Simple program to test JDBC connectivity. Assumes you have created
and populated
a table called LE_TUTORIAL_DISCS in your database.
Edit the connection string in the call to
DriverManager.getConnection()/

*/

import java.sql.*;
public class JDBCTest {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
Connection con = null;
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
// Load the driver, get a connection, create statement, run query, and
print.
try {
Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");
// Replace parameters below your database connection string,
username, and password
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:dbtest"
,"appserver", "appserver" );
stmt = con.createStatement();
rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM LE_TUTORIAL_DISCS");
rs.next();
System.out.println("Title = " + rs.getString("title") + " -- Artist =

" + rs.getString("artist"));
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.err.println("Couldn't load the driver: " + e.getMessage());
}
catch(SQLException e) {
System.err.println("SQLException caught: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}

which gives me the errors:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException:
at
postgresql.jdbc2.ResultSet.getString(ResultSet.java:148)
at
postgresql.jdbc2.ResultSet.getString(ResultSet.java:531)
at JDBCTest.main(JDBCTest.java:25)

I don't know enough about Java or databases to make any sense of this.
Any help would be great.

Nick Rathke