Re: macaddr data type and prepared statements

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Steve Foster wrote:

> I'm trying to bulk load some MAC addresses using a prepared statement. But I
> keep on getting an error about incorrect datatype (complains that I'm trying
> to insert "character varying").  Bellow is an example of the code that I'm
> using:
>
>           stmt.setString(3, line[2]);
>

Don't use setString for non-string types.  With a recent JDBC driver you
should use setObject(3, line[2], Types.OTHER);

Kris Jurka