Charles Aznavour [http://community.jboss.org/people/charles_a] replied to the discussion "Variables types / String too large for column" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/556490#556490 -------------------------------------------------------------- One thing to keep in mind is, that users may be querying the database directly. If it´s stored in the one or another column based on the length of the string... it could be confusing. That´s why I would propose to explicitly define if it should be stored as a "long" or "short" string. Charles -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/556490#556490] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]