Sorry, the default size is 255 [1]. I guess what I am actually looking for
is a way to customize the default data type for auto schema generation.
If this is not possible, I can define the @Column annotations for each
field, specify the column definitions in the xml mappings, or manually
create the DDL/schema, but I would prefer to customize this default mapping
in one place.
[1]
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-3659/6n5s6m599?a=view#gcmaz
James Sutherland wrote:
>
> Most databases offer several types to store character (String) data. The
> main types are CHAR, VARCHAR and CLOB. CHAR is for fixed sized data, in
> Oracle the max size is 2,000, VARCHAR is for variable sized data, in
> Oracle the max size is 4,000, CLOB is for large data, in Oracle the max
> size is 4gig.
>
> Check you database for its max sizes, on most databases VARCHAR has a
> larger max size than 255. If you think you data may be bigger than the
> max size for your database then use a CLOB. VARCHAR is more efficient
> than a CLOB so only use a CLOB when you really need to.
>
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