Re: ResultSet getXXXX Behavior

JV wrote:
>
> We are not sure if this is the correct behavior for a result set.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> It seems that if the rs.getXXX( “whatever” ) are not in the same order as
> the columns in the select statement it won’t work. After experimenting it
> seems that once you have retrieved the value from a specific column, you can
> ’t go backwards. It behaves the same way if we use column index instead of
> column name on the getXXXX. If the columns are accessed in order,
> everything works.
>
> Are we missing something or do the getXXXs need to be in the same order as
> the columns in order to retreive data out of the result set?

This depends on the JDBC driver. Some drivers require that you 'get' columns in order. I believe this is the case with the JDBC/ODBC driver.

--
Lee Fesperman, FFE Software, Inc. (http://www.firstsql.com)