[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Resolved: (HHH-4723) Column in SQL query is returned as java.lang.Character

Column in SQL query is returned as java.lang.Character ------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-4723 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4723 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: query-sql Affects Versions: 3.3.1 Reporter: Nick de Graeve When I run this code sample: {{List data = session.createSQLQuery("select e.country_iso_code from agent.tbd3_Entry e where e.country_iso_code = 'BE'").list();}} {{Object row = data.get(0);}} {{System.out.print(row + ": " + row.getClass());}} I get this result: {{B: class java.lang.Character}} I expect to get a {{java.lang.String}} containing "BE", not just the 1st Character. The column country_is_code of table tbd3_entry is defined in Oracle as {{COUNTRY_ISO_CODE CHAR(2 BYTE)}} When I add a scalar with correct type I do get what I need: {{List data = session.createSQLQuery("select e.country_iso_code countryIsoCode from agent.tbd3_Entry e where e.country_iso_code = 'BE'").addScalar("countryIsoCode", Hibernate.STRING).list();}} {{Object row = data.get(0);}} {{System.out.print(row + ": " + row.getClass());}} results in {{BE: class java.lang.String}}