Fixed bug that prevented getting the value of a RAW attribute in a DbObject that is null

Author: sharadraju

doc/src/release_notes.rst

@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ Thin Mode Changes
     in embedded quotes and in JSON syntax.
     `Issue #1605 <https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1605>`__.
 
-#)  Corrected bug that caused cursors to be leaked when calling
-    Connection.getStatementInfo().
+#)  Fixed bug that caused cursors to be leaked when calling
+    :meth:`connection.getStatementInfo()`.
 
 #)  Fixed bug that caused an exception to be thrown unnecessarily when a connection was closed.
     `Issue #1604 <https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1604>`__.
 
+#)  Fixed bug that prevented getting the value of a RAW attribute on a DbObject
+    which is null.
+
 Thick Mode Changes
 ++++++++++++++++++
 

lib/thin/dbObject.js

@@ -367,7 +367,10 @@ class ThinDbObjectImpl extends DbObjectImpl {
       case types.DB_TYPE_NCHAR:
         return buf.readStr(constants.CSFRM_NCHAR);
       case types.DB_TYPE_RAW:
-        return Buffer.from(buf.readBytesWithLength());
+        value = buf.readBytesWithLength();
+        if (value !== null)
+          value = Buffer.from(value);
+        return value;
       case types.DB_TYPE_BINARY_DOUBLE:
         return buf.readBinaryDouble();
       case types.DB_TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT: