postgres dialect maps java double to float8 which rounds to 12dp ---------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-4495 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4495 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.3.1 Environment: hibernate 3.3.1, postgres 8.4 Reporter: Paul Stanton Priority: Critical pardon my lackluster description, more info can be found here: https://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1000364 CREATE TABLE tbl (col numeric); insert into tbl values (151.33160591125488); select col, cast (col as float8) from tbl; =151.33160591125488,151.331605911255 ^ therefore float8 will round, whereas numeric won't org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect: registerColumnType( Types.DOUBLE, "float8" ); ^ this leads to higher scale doubles being rounded workarounds appreciated -- 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