[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBAS-3590) JBoss maps java.math.BigDecimal to numeric(19, 2) for Firebird 1.5 DB. Firebird complains precision must be <= 18.

[knaveofhearts (JIRA)]

JBoss maps java.math.BigDecimal to numeric(19,2) for Firebird 1.5 DB.  Firebird complains precision must be <= 18.
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                 Key: JBAS-3590
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3590
             Project: JBoss Application Server
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: EJB3
    Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.0.4.GA
         Environment: JBossAS-4.0.4.GA, Firebird 1.5, Fedora Core 5 Linux.
            Reporter: knaveofhearts
         Assigned To: Bill Burke


This is a problem with EJB 3 entity persistence with CMP.  I have several classes in which member variables are declared as BigDecimal.  The classes all work fine with HSQLDB, which I have been using for rapid development, using the create-drop capability.  I tried to switch the backend to Firebird 1.5 by changing the two relevant files (if I recall, persistence.xml and the []-ds.xml file), and managed to remove all the problems (e.g., Fireword reserve words like "role", "user", and "type" that I used as class or attribute names) except for BigDecimal fields.  The server log says that BigDecimal is being mapped to numeric(19,2), but the maximum precision for Firebird is 18.  If I replace all the BigDecimal fields with double, then my basic DB access tests run okay.  I have posted this problem to two JBoss forums (EJB3 and Persistence) and to one Firebird forum (Firebird-Java), but have gotten no replies.  If there is an easy fix, I would appreciate learning about it.

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