Cannot Restore XML Backup Due to Data Truncation - MySQL Driver 3.1

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Symptoms

When importing a backup or space export, the import fails with this message in your logs:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 008-04-03 13:43:16,824 ERROR [Importing data task] [sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl] execute Could not synchronize database state with session -- url: /admin/restore-local-file.action | userName: admin | action: restore-local-file 2008-04-03 13:43:16,824 ERROR [Importing data task] [confluence.importexport.impl.ReverseDatabinder] endElement net.sf.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not insert: [bucket.user.propertyset.BucketPropertySetItem#bucket.user.propertyset.BucketPropertySetItem@2fbee3c2] -- url: /admin/restore-local-file.action | userName: admin | action: restore-local-file net.sf.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not insert: [bucket.user.propertyset.BucketPropertySetItem#bucket.user.propertyset.BucketPropertySetItem@2fbee3c2] at net.sf.hibernate.exception.ErrorCodeConverter.handledNonSpecificException(ErrorCodeConverter.java:90) ... ... Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Data too long for column 'boolean_val' at row 1 at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:2001) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1168) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1279) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2281)

Cause

A MySQL 3.0 jdbc driver (or other drivers pre 3.1 jdbc drivers) are not compatible with MySQL 4.x, 5.x and confluence (Please refer to Database Setup for MySQL).

Resolution

Upgrade to the latest jdbc driver for MySQL which you can download from here.

Updated on April 24, 2025

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