I've resolved this. The object type returned by getAsObject() in the
converter was not compatible with Oracle.
Oracle JDBC APIs should be used.
Sorry for the trouble
John
John Baker wrote:
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> John Baker wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> However, if I do a postback then I get an ambiguous error message
>> in a message component.
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>> It seems that TextArea does not support *LOB types
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>> Is there any way to display the value of the CLOB in a TextArea?
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>> Or, I should bind the TextArea to a String then cache the CLOB value
>> and use the converter to set the TextArea value?
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>> John
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