Using jdbc to write data to Clob column

I'm trying to get the following code to work, however when I do run the code below I get an Io exception: Connect reset by peer: socket write error...

                    if (column.isClob())
                    {
                        String str = column.getValue();
                        int strlength = str.length();
                        Reader reader = new StringReader(str);
                        stmt.setCharacterStream(ps++, reader, rlength);
                    }

                    int ret = stmt.executeUpdate();

Any ideas? Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 23:15:27 CDT