This is according to the JDBC spec. Check the API docs for getInt()
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> Just need a clarification. When using res.getInt() on a column with a
> null value I am getting back "0", should I not get some error thrown or
> some kind or error instead?
>
> The following code illustrates:
>
> int id = res.getInt("id");
> if (res.wasNull()) {
> System.out.println("result was null");
> }
> System.out.println("id is " + id);
>
> Output:
>
> result was null
> id is 0
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jc
>
>
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