Java ORA-01461 solution

Oracle Database Tips by Donald BurlesonNovember 13, 2015

Question: I'm using the Oracle 11g with Java and when I try the insert into a clob column appears this ORA-01461 error

ORA-01461 can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column

Answer: While some suggest adding : "oracle.jdbc.RetainV9LongBindBehavior=true" in server properties for the datasource, but this did not work.

In my java code I send to oracle just a simple String to Oracle convert to Clob. Now I am sending direct a clob using the function oracle.sql.Clob and the ORA-01461 error disappeared.

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