The conversion of the varchar value '5438954444' overflowed an int column.

[veda Cherak]

Hi,
I am getting the above exception. Please help.
I populated my column(Sys_number) with 10 rows and each with 10 digits.
When I enter any value less than 10 digits I get this exception.

Name : Sys_Number
Datatype : varchar(50)

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(512);
ResultSet rs;
sb.append("SELECT Sys_Names ");
sb.append("FROM TestTable ");
sb.append(" where Sys_Number = " +SysNumber);
Statement sqlStmt = connection.createStatement();
rs = sqlStmt.executeQuery(sb.toString());
String name = "";
while(rs.next()){
 name = rs.getString("sysnames");
 }rs.close();
sqlStmt.close();
	    }

[Scott Selikoff]

Can you post the exception? Also, it's better to used PreparedStatements for input parameter than Statements.

[chris webster]

The error message seems plausible, because 5,438,954,444 would be too big a value for an int variable. As I understand it, an int can hold values between -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647. So the question is what is really in your table - is this big value really in there, or is it created accidentally in your Java code? If the value is correct, then maybe you need to use a long variable in Java instead.

Why don't you run your SQL separately in your database's SQL interface, so you can check what's really in your table? Then you'll know whether the problem is data or code.