All, I have a column in a Table with values 1-9. Each value is a code that represents a certain value i.e. 1=Annual 2=Semi Annual 3=Quarterly I want to map this column to an Enumeration. I have created the following Enumeration: @Name("typePayment") | public enum TypePayment | { | 1("Annual"), | 2("SemiAnnual"), | 3("Quarterly") | } | In my class I have mapped a column to this enumeration as follows: | @Column(name = "TYPEPAYMENT") | @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING) | public TypePayment getTypePayment() { | return typePayment; | } | The problem is any value beginning with a number is not allowed as an enumerated value. So I get a compile error in my enumeration. I can change the enumeration to contain something like A, B, C instead of 1,2,3 but I am working against legacy data and cannot easily change the data values contained in the table from numbers to letters. So my question is, how can I map an enumeration to a table column where the values contained in the column will be digits 0-9? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4059713#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...