Re: Help needed with Postgres Varchar [] -> String [] - Repost

[William Harding]

It is in fact an array of Varchar. Postgres is an object orieanted db so 
it does allow for that. For example (in the code listed below) we want 
to store the candidates languages with them in that row. So a Varchar[] 
array is the best way to deal with it. Otherwise it means setting up a 
foreign keyd table and doing joins, etc.....


Brice Ruth wrote:
So, in Postgres, its an array of Varchar?! That seems awfully odd, but
I'm not that familiar with Postgres. If this is not in fact the case,
and you're create a Varchar(10) (length of 10) - then that should be
mapped to a simple String object, not an Array of String (String[]).
Brice
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:34:27 -0500, William Harding
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

*Note* - This is a second submission. I apologize if this is a repeat. I
have been having so many problems with my ISP lately I don't know if
this was ever sent through the first time. **
Greetings all,
I have spent the last 2 days researching how to handle the Postgres data
type: VARCHAR[] and how to map it to a String[] with little to no luck.
I am fairly new to iBATIS and I could have easily missed something very
simple.
Here is what I have.
My Current mapping is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sqlMap PUBLIC "-//iBATIS.com//DTD SQL Map 2.0//EN"
"http://www.ibatis.com/dtd/sql-map-2.dtd";>
<sqlMap namespace="CandidateInfo">
<typeAlias alias="candidateinfo" type="candidateinput.CandidateInfo"/>
<insert id="insertCandidateInfo" parameterClass="candidateinfo">
   INSERT INTO candidate_info (
       c_candidate_id,
       c_f_name, c_m_initial, c_l_name, c_address_line_one,
c_address_line_two, c_city, c_state, c_zipcode,
       c_country, c_email, c_areacode, c_primary_phone,
c_cell_areacode, c_cellphone,  c_biz_areacode,
       c_biz_phone, c_biz_phone_ext, c_lang_spoken,
c_will_work_part_contract,  c_resume_fliename, c_db_entry_date )
   values (
       (select MAX(c_candidate_id) from candidate_info) + 1,
       #FName#, #MI#, #LName#, #addyOne#, #addyTwo#, #city#, #state#,
#zipcode#,
       #country#, #emailAddy#, #homeArea#, #homePhone#, #cellArea#,
#cellPhone#, #workArea#,
       #workPhone#, #workExt#, #languagesSpoken#, #willWorkPartCont#,
#resumeFilename#, current_date )
</insert>
</sqlMap>
The languagesSpoken parameter is a String[10] in the CandidateInfo
object and is a VARCHAR[10] in the Postgresql database. I have tried
various ways of setting the data type and nothing has worked.
Each time I execute this mapping I get the following error:
There was a sql Exception:
com.ibatis.common.jdbc.exception.NestedSQLException: --- The error
occurred in CandidateInfo.xml. --- The error occurred while applying a
parameter map. --- Check the insertCandidateInfo-InlineParameterMap. ---
Check the parameter mapping for the 'languagesSpoken' property. ---
Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException Caused by:
java.lang.NullPointerException
I have done several tests ranging from not setting any of the array
items to filling them all in order to make sure that they are not null.
My only question is how to I go about handling this issue? I have tried
using an <iterator> tag to build the array by hand.
Is this a mapping issue or quite possibly a data issue? How do I even go
about debugging this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.