Not really.
Bit was there before SQL Server 2005.
http://www.connectionstrings.com/Articles/Show/sql-server-data-type-reference

I am not setting any dialect explicitly.
I use this.
dialect = new StandardDialectResolver().resolveDialect(connection.getMetaData());
So Hibernate figures out the dialect by itself, sets it to SQLServerDialect and fails.

If i explicitly set the dialect to SQLServer2005Dialect, then it works but that would be a work around.

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