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Re: Postback problem for SerialClob object bound to a TextArea component

From: John Baker <John.Baker_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:21:35 -0700

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John

John Baker wrote:
>
> I have an application that uses a converter to convert a CLOB type to
> String. The converter works and when executing the application, the
> converted value appears in a TextArea component.
>
> However, if I do a postback then I get an ambiguous error message
> in a message component.
>
> It seems that TextArea does not support *LOB types
>
> Is there any way to display the value of the CLOB in a TextArea?
>
> Or, I should bind the TextArea to a String then cache the CLOB value
> and use the converter to set the TextArea value?
>
> John
>