executeUpdate() return type problem

[Vaibhav Goel]

Hello friends,

I got -1 as return type of CallableStatement query.

When i write the following:-

CallableStatement callStmt = CallableStatement.prepareCall(My call to procedure);
int intRet = callStmt.executeUpdate();

System.out.println(intRet);

Please tell me why return type of executeUpdate() could be -1?

[Paul Campbell]

you have a SQL error that you are not catching

[sajja bala]

Hello Vibhav,

I think the executeUpdate() will return either zero or other integer value.
You say that you have got -1; then it indicates the the row count for the INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE statement