Bug #9252 Connector/J throws a NullPointerException with null Time values
Submitted: 17 Mar 2005 16:22 Modified: 27 Apr 2005 13:34
Reporter: Jean-François Morin Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / J Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:3.1.7 OS:Any (Any)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[17 Mar 2005 16:22] Jean-François Morin 
Description:
When reading a ResultSet, I got the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet.getNativeTime(ResultSet.java:6565)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet.getTimeInternal(ResultSet.java:5055)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet.getTime(ResultSet.java:2263)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet.getTime(ResultSet.java:2276)
    at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DelegatingResultSet.getTime(DelegatingResultSet.java:258)
    at ...

The exception is thrown when a null Time value is found in the results returned by a SELECT query.

How to repeat:
Given a table containing a Time field, perform a SELECT query that will return at least one null value for that field.

Suggested fix:
Replace line 6565 of com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet:

  int length = bits.length;

as follows:

  int length = bits == null? 0 : bits.length;

A length value of 0 will prevent execution of lines 6573 to 6575, which is the only other place where the bits array is used.
[17 Mar 2005 16:29] Mark Matthews 
This seems to be related to a known issue that is fixed for 3.1.8, from the CHANGES file:

"Fixed ResultSet.getTime() on a NULL value for server-side prepared
	  statements throws NPE."

Can you test with a nightly build of 3.1 from http://downloads.mysql.com/snapshots.php ?
[17 Mar 2005 16:45] Jean-François Morin 
Everything works properly. The "return null;" on line 6577 in today's nightly build correctly fixes the bug. Thanks!
[17 Apr 2005 23:00] Bugs System 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
[27 Apr 2005 13:27] Jean-François Morin 
The bug can be closed, it has been fixed in version 3.1.8.
[27 Apr 2005 13:34] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the update.