8.5.27 getDate(String columnName)
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Function
This method acquires in a java.sql.Date object the value in a specified column in the current row of the ResultSet object. The column whose value is to be acquired is specified in the argument.
(2) Format
public synchronized java.sql.Date getDate(String columnName) throws SQLException
(3) Arguments
- String columnName
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Specifies a column name.
(4) Return value
This method returns a java.sql.Date object containing the column value. For details about the relationship between the retrieval result and the return value, see Table 8‒25: Relationship between the retrieval result and the return value (getDate method).
(5) Exceptions
The JDBC driver throws an SQLException in the following cases:
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This ResultSet object is closed.
This includes the case where the ResultSet object was closed because the Statement object that created this ResultSet object was closed.
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The Connection used to create the Statement object that created this ResultSet object has been closed.
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The ResultSet object has become invalid due to transaction settlement.
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A nonexistent column name was specified.
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The data type cannot be acquired by this method.
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The column value cannot be acquired as java.sql.Date.
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An error occurred in the JDBC driver.