Troubleshooting
Problem
A query sent to the Google BigQuery JDBC driver can fail with a Java stack overflow.
Symptom
A statement causes a Java stack overflow to be reported by Cognos Analytic due to a defect in the Google BigQuery JDBC driver.
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.lang.Character.getType(Character.java:6971)
at java.lang.Character.isLetterOrDigit(Character.java:5882)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.isWord(Pattern.java:5308)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.check(Pattern.java:5322)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.match(Pattern.java:5341)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Pattern.java:4671)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$NotBehind.match(Pattern.java:5215)
at java.lang.Character.getType(Character.java:6971)
at java.lang.Character.isLetterOrDigit(Character.java:5882)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.isWord(Pattern.java:5308)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.check(Pattern.java:5322)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Bound.match(Pattern.java:5341)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Pattern.java:4671)
at java.util.regex.Pattern$NotBehind.match(Pattern.java:5215)
........
at java.util.regex.Pattern$Start.match(Pattern.java:3474)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.search(Matcher.java:1259)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.find(Matcher.java:675)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Scan(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.googlebigquery.dataengine.BQDataEngine.prepare(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.search(Matcher.java:1259)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.find(Matcher.java:675)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Scan(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.support.JDBCEscaper.Apply(Unknown Source)
at com.simba.googlebigquery.googlebigquery.dataengine.BQDataEngine.prepare(Unknown Source)
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Modified date:
14 January 2026
UID
ibm16350933