Hello, we annotate all our lob-columns in the entity with the @javax.persistence.Lob annotation and let the persistence provider decide, what he will create in the specific database. So you are not tied a specific database handling of lobs. Example: | public String description; | | @Column | @Lob | public String getDescription() { | return this.description; | } | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4195574#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...