Did you try executeQuery in place of executeUpdate?
-Jayesh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Lind [SMTP:barry(at)xythos(dot)com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Stuart Robinson
> Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [JDBC] JDBC inserts on views using rules
>
> Stuart,
>
> What is the sql statement you are issuing that is causing this error.
> Without seeing the sql statement I am having a difficult time
> understanding exactly what you are trying to do.
>
> thanks,
> --Barry
>
>
> Stuart Robinson wrote:
>
> > I sent this to the general mailing list, but I thought it might be
> > appropriate for this forum, since it does relate to the JDBC.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stuart Robinson
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:51:33 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Stuart Robinson <stuart(at)zapata(dot)org>
> > To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: [GENERAL] inserts on views using rules
> >
> > I've got a view that combines a couple of tables. The view is meant
> to
> > simplify interactions with a Java application, so that selects,
> inserts,
> > and updates can be made on the view as if it were a real table. So,
> I
> > figured that rules would be the way to go. For inserts, I wrote a
> > do-instead rule for the view which in turn calls a function. The
> function
> > is meant to take the values from the insert statement and stick them
> into
> > the appropriate tables. However, functions appear to always return a
> value
> > (except as triggers), which confuses the JDBC. So, when I do an
> insert on
> > the view, the function is called and returns a value, causing the
> > following error:
> >
> > A result was returned by the statement, when none was expected.
> > at
> org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.executeUpdate(Statement.java:80)
> > at
> >
> org.postgresql.jdbc2.PreparedStatement.executeUpdate(PreparedStatement
> .java:122)
> >
> > I take it this is the expected JDBC behavior and not a bug. If so,
> what
> > are my options given that functions always return values and
> triggers
> > operate before or after inserts, but not instead of them? Is there
> some
> > way of calling functions so that they don't return a value? (If this
> > posting is more appropriate for another mailing list, please let me
> know.)
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Stuart Robinson
> >
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