Yes, it sure does. The way I usually handle stepping through a ResultSet is
with a structure like this:
/* create REsultSet results */
while (results.next())
{
/*do something with results*/
}
You're right about this being a common newbie gotcha. I'll add it to the
newbie FAQ.
-NF
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> Subject: [JDBC] throw SQLException on no rs.next()?
>
>
> Hi- it's me the JDBC newbie again and I have a simple request. Could
> a call to resultset.getX() throw some exception if rs.next() has not
> yet been called? I just got horribly burned by missing this simple
> thing and I think it may be helpful to other newbies to have this
> extra bit of information. Thanks.
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