JPA - How to set string column to varchar(max) in DDL

Question

With JPA, DDL-generation for the attribute:

@Column
final String someString;

will be someString varchar(255) null

Answer 1

Since length is defined in the JPA spec and javadocs as int type and max is not an int then it's safe to assume that you're consigned to the columnDefinition datastore-dependent route. But then varchar(max) is datastore-dependent anyway.