Symptoms

Clicking on notifications box in Confluence results in error message in notifications box. 

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "4294967295"
    at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleResultSetMetaData.getPrecision(OracleResultSetMetaData.java:303)

Cause

Oracle database drivers are out of date.

Resolution

• Download latest Oracle driver for database version in accordance with our Database Setup for Oracle
• Follow steps to place driver in correct location
• Restart Confluence