How do I make Java & Postgres enums work together for update?
Solution 1
You can avoid the toString()
on the Enum by doing this
stmt.setObject(2,AnimalType.DOG,java.sql.Types.OTHER)
Works for JDBC driver PostgreSQL 42.2.5
Solution 2
From JDBC's point-of-view, just treat the PostgreSQL enum like a string.
Quoting blog Convert between Java enums and PostgreSQL enums:
PostgreSQL allows you to create enum types using the following syntax:
CREATE TYPE animal_type AS ENUM('DOG', 'CAT', 'SQUIRREL');
You can now use ‘animal’ as a datatype in your tables, for example:
create table pet ( pet_id integer not null, pet_type animal_type not null, name varchar(20) not null );
In Java, you’d have a corresponding enum type:
public enum AnimalType { DOG, CAT, SQUIRREL; }
Converting between Java and PostgreSQL enums is straightforward. For example, to insert or update an enum field you could use the CAST syntax in your SQL PreparedStatement:
INSERT INTO pet (pet_id, pet_type, name) VALUES (?, CAST(? AS animal_type), ?); --or INSERT INTO pet (pet_id, pet_type, name) VALUES (?, ?::animal_type, ?);
Postgres will also let you insert/update an enum just by passing its value as a string.
Whether casting or not, the Java side is the same. You would set the fields like this:
stmt.setInt(1, 1); stmt.setString(2, AnimalType.DOG.toString()); stmt.setString(3, 'Rex');
Retrieving the enum from a SELECT statement looks like this:
AnimalType.valueOf(stmt.getString("pet_type"));
Take into consideration that enums are case-sensitive, so any case mismatches between your Postgres enums and Java enums will have to be accounted for. Also note that the PostgreSQL enum type is non-standard SQL, and thus not portable.
Solution 3
You have to define implicit conversion in Postgres along with your type definition, like below:
CREATE CAST (varchar AS animal_type) WITH INOUT AS IMPLICIT;
Than you can skip the explicit conversion in insert; so it works also with Spring Data JDBC and other libs that do generate insert query for you.
Solution 4
If you're using SpringJDBC, just provide Types.OTHER
as explicit type using JdbcTemplate, for example:
String sql = "INSERT INTO dir_act (actcode,actname,acttype,national_code) VALUES (?,?,?,?)";
Object[] arguments = new Object[]{"code", "name", Enum.Type, "nat_code"};
int[] argumentTypes = new int[]{Types.VARCHAR, Types.VARCHAR, Types.OTHER, Types.VARCHAR};
jdbcTemplate.update(sql, arguments, argumentTypes);
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Updated on October 20, 2022Comments
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Ajay Takur over 1 year
acttype is an enumcs so you can't insert it as a normal string without casting it to an enumcs
INSERT INTO dir_act (actcode,actname,acttype,national_code) VALUES (?,?,?::enumcs,?)
Where as for updating I tried with same typecasting as follows, but it does not worked.
update dir_act set actname=?,acttype=?::enumcs,national_code=? where actcode=?
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Ashish over 7 yearsit has to be
acttype=?
and inprepared statement
cast it toenum
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Ajay Takur over 7 years@ Ashish I did try with your solution but i got org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: type "enum" does not exist
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Martin Vysny about 5 yearsThank you for excellent explanation. However I believe it is a bug in Postgres JDBC driver: github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/issues/1420
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zolee over 2 yearsGreat answer as this solves it in the DB level hence it works with any framework. Didn't even know about this auto cast feature of postgres before.