In Artifact Generator, char(32) type convert to java.lang.Character ------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HBX-289 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-289 Project: Hibernate Tools Issue Type: Bug Components: reverse-engineer Affects Versions: 3.0alpha4 Environment: Java Version: 1.4.2_06-b03 OS Name: Windows XP OS Arch: x86 OS Version: 5.1 Adaptive Server Enterprise/12.5.2/EBF 11948 ESD#1/P/NT (IX86)/OS jConnect (TM) for JDBC(TM)/5.5(Build 25100)/P/EBF9853/JDK12/Fri Oct Eclipse 3.1M6 Reporter: Etienne Laverdiere Fix For: 3.1alpha5 When doing the reverse enginnering of a Sybase database (didn't try other), it convert all CHAR Data Type to Character Java Type. Per example : on this table create table AstRegion ( astRegion char(6) not null, astCountry char(3) null, astType char(1) not null, astDescription char(32) not null, astLastMaintUser char(10) not null, astLastMaintType char(1) not null, astLastMaintJob char(10) not null, astLastMaintTime numeric(6) not null, astLastMaintDate numeric(8) not null, constraint PK_ATFR3600 primary key (astRegion), constraint FK_ATFR3600_REFERENCE_ATFR1900 foreign key (astCountry) references AstCountry (astCountry) ) go I get this java code: /** * AstRegion generated by hbm2java */ public class AstRegion implements java.io.Serializable { // Fields private java.lang.Character AstRegion; private AstCountry AstCountry; private java.lang.Character AstType; private java.lang.Character AstDescription; private java.lang.Character AstLastMaintUser; private java.lang.Character AstLastMaintType; private java.lang.Character AstLastMaintJob; private java.lang.Integer AstLastMaintTime; private java.lang.Integer AstLastMaintDate; // Constructors /** default constructor */ public AstRegion() { } /** constructor with id */ public AstRegion(java.lang.Character AstRegion) { this.AstRegion = AstRegion; } // Property accessors /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstRegion () { return this.AstRegion; } public void setAstRegion (java.lang.Character AstRegion) { this.AstRegion = AstRegion; } /** */ public AstCountry getAstCountry () { return this.AstCountry; } public void setAstCountry (AstCountry AstCountry) { this.AstCountry = AstCountry; } /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstType () { return this.AstType; } public void setAstType (java.lang.Character AstType) { this.AstType = AstType; } /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstDescription () { return this.AstDescription; } public void setAstDescription (java.lang.Character AstDescription) { this.AstDescription = AstDescription; } /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstLastMaintUser () { return this.AstLastMaintUser; } public void setAstLastMaintUser (java.lang.Character AstLastMaintUser) { this.AstLastMaintUser = AstLastMaintUser; } /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstLastMaintType () { return this.AstLastMaintType; } public void setAstLastMaintType (java.lang.Character AstLastMaintType) { this.AstLastMaintType = AstLastMaintType; } /** */ public java.lang.Character getAstLastMaintJob () { return this.AstLastMaintJob; } public void setAstLastMaintJob (java.lang.Character AstLastMaintJob) { this.AstLastMaintJob = AstLastMaintJob; } /** */ public java.lang.Integer getAstLastMaintTime () { return this.AstLastMaintTime; } public void setAstLastMaintTime (java.lang.Integer AstLastMaintTime) { this.AstLastMaintTime = AstLastMaintTime; } /** */ public java.lang.Integer getAstLastMaintDate () { return this.AstLastMaintDate; } public void setAstLastMaintDate (java.lang.Integer AstLastMaintDate) { this.AstLastMaintDate = AstLastMaintDate; } } It seems that a CHAR(32...) should be translate to a String and not a Character java Type. Thank Etienne. Montreal