java.lang.ArithmeticException when attempting to get connection in Oracle 11.2.0.2.0 (64 bit)

Question

I'm currently working with Java Stored Procedures in Oracle and am seeing some strange behaviour when attempting to get a connection within my Java code.

My Java is packaged up into a jar file and then deployed into Oracle using the loadjava command line utility. A package is then created in the database which maps each method in a designated Java class to a PL/SQL function via call specifications.

Some of the columns which I'm working with are CLOBs. In the Java I attempt to extract the value of this CLOB (mapped in call specification as oracle.sql.CLOB) into a String:

private static String getStringFromCLOB(CLOB clob) throws SQLException {
    long length = clob.length();
    return clob.getSubString(1, (int) length);
}

When I run this code I get the following stack trace showing up in SQL*Plus:

java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2SConnection.<init>(T2SConnection.java:107)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2SDriverExtension.getConnection(T2SDriverExtension.java:31)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:481)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.defaultConnection(OracleDriver.java:505)
    at oracle.sql.DatumWithConnection.getPhysicalConnection(DatumWithConnection.java:53)
    at oracle.sql.DatumWithConnection.getInternalConnection(DatumWithConnection.java:177)
    at oracle.sql.CLOB.getDBAccess(CLOB.java:1383)
    at oracle.sql.CLOB.length(CLOB.java:197)

Before I was just seeing the message of the Exception so I wrapped the offending method's contents with a try / catch so I could dump the full stack trace to the System.out.

It is worth noting that I have had this working on Oracle 11.2.0.1.0 (32bit) but it is not working on Oracle 11.2.0.2.0 (64bit).

I have also had other Java-backed PL/SQL functions working without a problem. It is only the ones that attempt to make a connection that fail.

I have had a look in <ORACLE_HOME>\jdbc\lib and the jars, although named the same, seem to be different in these two distributions. The jars in the directory are (11.2.0.1.0 size and 11.2.0.2.0 size shown):

• ojdbc5.jar (1,950KB | 1,983KB)
• ojdbc5_g.jar (3,010KB | 3,271KB)
• ojdbc5dms.jar (2,374KB | 2,489KB)
• ojdbc5dms_g.jar (3,030KB | 3,291KB)
• ojdbc6.jar (2,062KB | 2,102KB)
• ojdbc6_g.jar (3,323KB | 3,782KB)
• ojdbc6dms.jar (2,594KB | 2,698KB)
• ojdbc6dms_g.jar (3,344KB | 3,805KB)
• simplefan.jar (20KB | 20KB) <-- probably the same

The manifest files of these jars confirm they are built for the specific version, i.e. 11.2.0.1.0 or 11.2.0.2.0. Is it possible a bug has been introduced in 11.2.0.2.0? Or is it more likely to be user, i.e. my, error :-)

Also, where does the oracle.jdbc.driver.T2SConnection class live?

Any help / guidance very much appreciated. Please let me know if you need more information.

Answer 1

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