Improved MSSQL dialect for Hibernate (using more appropriate data types)

SQLServerDialect.java

/*
 * Copyright © 2009, Componentix.  All rights reserved.
 */
package com.componentix.hibernate.dialect;

import java.sql.Types;


/**
 * A proper dialect for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
 *
 * @author Yuri Sakhno (George1)
 */
public class SQLServerDialect extends org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect {

    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of the {@link SQLServerDialect} class.
     */
    public SQLServerDialect() {
        registerColumnType(Types.BIGINT, "bigint");
        registerColumnType(Types.BIT, "bit");
        registerColumnType(Types.CHAR, "nchar(1)");
        registerColumnType(Types.VARCHAR, 4000, "nvarchar($l)");
        registerColumnType(Types.VARCHAR, "nvarchar(max)");
        registerColumnType(Types.VARBINARY, 4000, "varbinary($1)");
        registerColumnType(Types.VARBINARY, "varbinary(max)");
        registerColumnType(Types.BLOB, "varbinary(max)");
        registerColumnType(Types.CLOB, "nvarchar(max)");
    }
}