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Asked: 2026-05-24T22:07:59+00:00

I have been messing with Oracle DB queries that run from my JAVA app.

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I have been messing with Oracle DB queries that run from my JAVA app. I can successfully get them all to run in SQL Developer. But when I am trying to execute them from my JAVA app I usually get UpdatadbleResultSet Error/Exception on certain queries.

Also, sometimes I receive, ExhaustedResultset. As I mention at the bottom I will re work the question to break it down(When I get a chance). I keep editing and pretty soon it’ll be a book.

Why is this? I cannot seem to pinpoint the problem.

Some queries run successfully such as:

SELECT table_name 
FROM all_tables

SELECT column_name, data_length 
FROM all_tab_columns 
WHERE table_name = 'mytable'

But when I try and run something like

SELECT length(<myColumnName>) 
FROM mytable

I get the updateableResultSetError

I am running my queries as methods called on button clicks (example below).

static void testQuery() {   
 String query = "SELECT blah from blah"
 String length;
 ResultSet rs = db.runQuery(query);
 Length = rs.getString("length(myCol)")
 System.out.println(length);
}

I have also tried while rs.next()

I can only think that for some reason I am unable to get into each table and I can only pull the “bigger” picture.

EDIT: Explained DB Connection

I am connecting using some other jarfiles that have been added to my project.

private static IDriver driver = null;
private static Database db = null;

I then pass in all my connection credentials in a separate method.

private void connectDB(){
driver = new OracleDriver();
db = new Database(driver)   
driver.getPassword;
driver.getetc;
driver.getEtc;
}

EDIT:

When I getstacktrace all I am returning is.

Ljava.lang.StatckTraceElement;(assortment of random characters).

I may not be getting stack traces right so someone can fill me in. After all I am offering a bounty.

Also I will edit this question and break it down again when I have the time.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your problem is that you’re trying to update a query that can’t be updated, hence the updateable result error. It seems that whoever is creating your database connection or executing your query is creating an updatable result set.

    You can’t use certain types of select in an updatable result set: you can’t use aggregated functions (such as length, min, max), you can’t use select * etc.)

    For the full list see Result Set Limitations and Downgrade Rules

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