#NUM! in cell (POI)

[michelle mac]

I know this is probably not the best place to ask such question but I am really desperate, so please help.

I am using POI to read an excel and store the parsed values into database. My problem is I want to read log message when I encounter a cell containing problematic values such as #NUM!, #VALUE!. I was trying to do that by check the cell type, then I discover when a cell conains value #NUM!, the getCellType() would actually return 3 (blank cell). Can anybody advice me what to do? thank you so much!