@Lob annotation applies to both key and value of Map ---------------------------------------------------- Key: JPA-11 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/JPA-11 Project: Java Persistence API Issue Type: Bug Environment: Hibermate 3.6.0.Final MySQL Reporter: Panayiotis Karabassis When using the @Lob annotation on a java.util.Map I find that both the value and key of the Map are mapped to a BLOB. This is in violation of the JPA 2.0 specification which states: {quote}The Lob annotation may be used in conjunction with the Basic annotation or with the ElementCollection[100] annotation when the element collection value is of basic type. ... [100] If the element collection is a Map, this applies to the map value.{quote} To reproduce: {quote}@Entity public class Entry { @Id @GeneratedValue private long identifier; @ElementCollection @Column(nullable = false) private Map<String, String> titles; @ElementCollection @Column(nullable = false) @Lob private Map<String, String> contents; // Getters and setters, other fields and methods }{quote} This produces the following error during schema creation: {quote}Unsuccessful: create table myblog.Entry_contents (Entry_identifier bigint not null, contents longtext not null, contents_KEY longtext, primary key (Entry_identifier, contents_KEY)) type=InnoDB BLOB/TEXT column 'contents_KEY' used in key specification without a key length{quote} Workarounds include defining column type with @MapKeyColumn(columnDefinition = "...") or using @Embeddable as a wrapper for values. (thanks to axtavt and Sean Patrick Floyd) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira