BatchUpdateException: the batch will not terminate

Question

I have an application which processes a very large file and sends data to an oracle database (using Java 6, oracle 9).

In a loop, I use a PreparedStatement ps

Answer 1

Since the specification doesn't seem to mandate it (as clearly shown by the Javadoc), any "forced" continuation would have to be done on per-driver basis. A simple standard-compliant workaround would be to check the getUpdateCounts() returned array and "re-run" the batch for those statements which failed. You can make this approach a bit more sophisticated by putting in a logic for the number of retries.

Sure, this seems a bit messy (keeping track of the "batch" added and then checking the output) but would work across all databases and driver implementations. Just a thought...