In SAP jConnect 3.0 and earlier versions, a TextPointer class is used with sendData methods for updating a text column in an SAP Adaptive Server or SAP SQL Anywhere database.
The TextPointer class has been deprecated, that is, it is no longer recommended and may cease to exist in a future version of Java.
If your data server is SAP Adaptive Server or SAP SQL Anywhere, use the standard JDBC form to send text data:
PreparedStatement.setAsciiStream(int paramIndex, InputStream text, int length)
or:
PreparedStatement.setUnicodeStream(int paramIndex, InputStream text, int length)
or:
PreparedStatement.setCharacterStream(int paramIndex, Reader reader, int length)