validate issue - char converted to varchar2(255) in Oracle ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6553 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6553 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.5.4 Environment: Oracle 10g, Spring 3.0.2, Hibernate 3.5.4 Reporter: Geoff Powdrell Deployment in Tomcat I get this issue with one of my persistent object, deployment issue 'Wrong column type FGTADM.CABIN_CLASSES for column class_code. Found: char, expected: varchar2(255 char). I think the issue is with the Oracle dialect and how it converts a java String type to varchar2(255); regardless of what is on set on the @Column annotation; in particular the columnDefinition='char' setting is ignored. Currently the class that errors on deployment is annotated like this: public class CabinClass extends FareGateObject { @Id @Column(name = "class_code", length=1, columnDefinition = "char") private String classCode; The Oracle cabin_class table is structured like this: COLUMN_NAME TYPE_NAME COLUMN_SIZE CLASS_CODE CHAR 1 CLASS_NAME VARCHAR2 15 DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2 200 Any help appreciated. Do I need to upgrade hibernate? Is the @Column annotation definition correct? regards geoffpowdrell -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira