Daniel,
The spec says that you must call next to position the cursor. What
happens if nothing comes back? ie an empty result set ?
Dave
Daniel Schaedler wrote:
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
>> Daniel Schaedler <postgres-jdbc 'at' daniel.schaedler.name> writes:
>>
>>
>>> Hi List
>>>
>>> I try to get the 'nextval' of a sequence:
>>> ***
>>> String query = "SELECT nextval('nodes_nodeid_seq')";
>>> pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(query);
>>> logger.debug("statement: " + pstmt.toString());
>>> ResultSet ress = pstmt.executeQuery();
>>> long newID = ress.getLong("nextval"); // <-- Exception
>>> ***
>>>
>>> I get the following Exception:
>>> ***
>>> org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ResultSet not positioned properly,
>>> perhaps you need to call next.
>>
>>
>>
>> "perhaps you need to call next".
>>
>> Have you tried calling next?
>
>
> uhhh....
> ....now yes...and it works.
>
> When I expect only one set of data, I never call next. That's why I
> ignored the statement.
>
> thanks anyway.
> Daniel
>
>
>
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