Re: [Hibernate-devel] Problem: MySQL large string/binary columns

[Gavin_King/Cirrus%<CI...@ci...>]

My preferred solution is to have a seperate LongStringType (and
LongBinaryType). If we could implement these types in a reasonably
platform-nuetral way, I would love to add them in as built-in types
ASAP. However, I have a funny feeling we would need to do special
things for some databases. The recommended approach at present is
to implement a custom type for your particular database.

Its about time I had a closer look at the portability issues here.
If anyone else wants to take care of this, they are very welcome.
(I have a bit of a backlog of issues like this right at the moment.)

Gavin