--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/FilteredRowSetImpl.java	Thu Sep 30 14:49:14 2010 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/FilteredRowSetImpl.java	Fri Oct 01 14:36:01 2010 -0400
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
    public void updateBytes(int columnIndex , byte []x) throws SQLException {
 
       boolean bool;
-      String val = new String();
+      String val = "";
 
       Byte [] obj_arr = new Byte[x.length];