[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-2220) session.createSQLQuery(sql) translates database type CHAR(n) to Java type char instead of String

session.createSQLQuery(sql) translates database type CHAR(n) to Java type char instead of String ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-2220 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2220 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: query-sql Affects Versions: 3.2.0.ga Reporter: Regis Pires Magalhaes createSQLQuery() method translates database type CHAR(n) to Java type char instead of String when using setResultTransformer(Criteria.ALIAS_TO_ENTITY_MAP). That happens when I do not use addScalar(). And that is the only problem that I have found when not filling return types in advance. A workaround I have made is to concatenate the projected field with an empty string (''). See example below: ... query.setResultTransformer(Criteria.ALIAS_TO_ENTITY_MAP); String sqlQuery = "select s.name state from state s where s.name='PI' "; query = session.createSQLQuery(sqlQuery); ... result: [{STATE=P}] name field is CHAR(2) in database definition (PostgreSQL, HSQLDB and Oracle were tested). Note that it works when I concatenate the field used in projection with an empty string: ... String sqlQuery = "select s.name || '' state from state s where s.name='PI' "; ... result: [{STATE=PI}]