import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.Statement; import java.util.Properties; public class TimestampTest { public static void main (String[] argv) throws Exception { //SQL: create table test1 (id varchar(10)); com.mysql.jdbc.Driver driver = new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver (); Connection conn = null; Statement stmt = null; ResultSet rs = null; try { conn = driver.connect ( "jdbc:mysql://main/poftest?user=poftest&password=poftest", new Properties ()); stmt = conn.createStatement (); rs = stmt.executeQuery ("select * from test1 where id='invalid'"); rs.getTimestamp (1); } finally { if (rs != null) rs.close (); if (stmt != null) stmt.close (); if (conn != null) conn.close (); } } }