is this all true:
1. the first column with a ? in your PreparedStatement is a char or varchar (or some similar text-based) dataype into which you can safely insert a constant
string? In other words, if you change your SQL (strsql) to replace the first ? with a constant value (such as 'hello world'), and then comment out your first pst.setXXX() and renumber the rest, do you get that fixed string value inserted reliably?
2. ut.trim(i.getIssueTitle()) returns a String. (although here you ought to get the same behavior of an automatic toString() within the pst.setString() method call as you get in the System.out.println() call....)
3. The string you're trying to insert has no control characters in it (backspaces, etc.) - if you're on UNIX, redirect the System.out.println to a file and then use "od -c <filename>". On PC, try to open it in a dumb editor that doesn't handle special characters well.... Windows notepad should show little squares or something.
4. Assuming #1, the string you're trying to insert is small enough to fit in the column specified (not 'Hello World' into varchar(3) or something similar)
5. The 9i JDBC driver
says it's compatible with the 8.1.7 DB Server? (I might check this first...)
If all of those are true, check the release notes for the JDBC driver, see if there's a known issues list online, search Google Groups....
And, yes, pls post the SQL, and possibly the table structure - that'd help.
Good luck,
Jon Egan
