import java.io.StringReader; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; /** * * @author chrisw */ public class Blah { public static void main(String[] args) { jdbcTest(); } public static void jdbcTest() { try { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { System.err.println(ex.getMessage()); } try { Connection conn = null; Statement batch = null; PreparedStatement stmt = null; try { conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/test", "root", "root"); batch = conn.createStatement(); batch.addBatch("drop table if exists TEXT_COLUMN"); batch.addBatch( "create table TEXT_COLUMN (" + " path text not null" + ") engine=InnoDB"); batch.executeBatch(); stmt = conn.prepareStatement("insert into TEXT_COLUMN (path) values (?)"); stmt.setCharacterStream(1, new StringReader(""), 0); // failure here stmt.executeUpdate(); } finally { if(stmt != null) stmt.close(); if(batch != null) batch.close(); if(conn != null) conn.close(); } } catch(SQLException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }