*/
    String getString() throws java.sql.SQLException {        if (rs.row[numCol]==null) return STRING_NULL_VALUE;        if (javaEncoding == null)            return new String(rs.row[numCol]);        else {            try {                return new String(rs.row[numCol], javaEncoding);            } catch(java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {                return new String(rs.row[numCol]);            }        }    }