Wrong column type: COUNTRYCODE, expected: varchar2(4 char) ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: EJB-429 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/EJB-429 Project: Hibernate Entity Manager Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.1 Environment: eclips 3.4.1, Jboss 4.2.2 GA, Jboss Seam 2.1.1 GA Reporter: Souvik Sutradhar I'm using an Entity bean that look something like this... @Entity @Name("uibsCountry") @Table(name = "UIBSCOUNTRIES", schema = "GHANATELFIXED", uniqueConstraints = { @UniqueConstraint(columnNames = "COUNTRYCODE"), @UniqueConstraint(columnNames = "COUNTRYDESC") }) public class Uibscountries implements java.io.Serializable { ........ ........ @Column(name = "COUNTRYCODE", unique = true, nullable = false, length = 4) @NotNull @Length(max = 4) public String getCountrycode() { return this.countrycode; } .............. ............. In database column "COUNTRYCODE" is defined as char(4). When i deploy the application the deployement fails because of this error: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: Wrong column type: COUNTRYCODE, expected: varchar2(4 char). I can not change the datatype of the field... Quick reply needed... Thanks -- 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