Linux + TOMCAT3.2.1 + ORACLE8.1.7 I have a field named TITLECODE , i defined it as VARCHAR2 . And then insert some tuples into DB. their TITLECODE Field is like '00123456' . When i use JDBC API to access TITLECODE field , what i get is like "0x3030313233343536". As all you can see , it give me its ASCII code i want to get field value like '00123456', how can i do that ? Is there some DB configuration problem Thanx in advance ZY