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Finding a strange bug by pasting the error into ChatGPT
A Java dev couldn't create a table in H2; ChatGPT pointed to the problematic field.
- Profession
- Developer
- Tools
- ChatGPT
- Source
- tabnews.com.br ↗
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Report date
- April 10, 2023
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
He pasted the SQL generated by Hibernate into ChatGPT, which pointed to an error in one field; renaming the field fixed it.
How it went
It was probably an H2 reserved word. The account does not include numbers.
Good to know
Remove customer data from logs before pasting.
The prompt
This SQL generated by [ORM] fails on [database]: [SQL + error]. Which field is causing the problem and why? Could it be a reserved word?
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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