Max ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=712020%... ) *commented* on HHH-16578 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16578?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNWMyYz... ) Re: Incorrect validation error for tinyint, but and datetime ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16578?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNWMyYz... ) It’s clearly not ignoring it and that’s the whole problem? Are you looking at the correct line of code? Should be // exception thrown: @Column(name = "level" , columnDefinition = "tinyint UNSIGNED default 0" ) // no exeption thrown: @Column(name = "level" , columnDefinition = "tinyint" ) columnDefinition is the only difference! ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16578#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16578#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#100225- sha1:84d3b45 )