Steve Ebersole ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-13805 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-13805?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYWY3ZT... ) Re: Dialect is not autodetected on Sql Server 2014 with custom INT sequences ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-13805?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYWY3ZT... ) It actually is required by JDBC. From Appendix B of the JDBC spec ( Use of ResultSet getter Methods to Retrieve JDBC Data Types ), calling ResultSet#getLong is required to handle the following underlying SQL types - TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, REAL, FLOAT, DOUBLE, DECIMAL, NUMERIC, BIT, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, LONGVARCHAR. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-13805#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-13805#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100232- sha1:304e1c7 )