How to specify Double's precision on hibernate?

Question

I try to create a table from hibernate annotations. I need to have a column of Double type, with the length specified like : (10,2). So SQL syntax show like:

Answer 1

You can also use @Digits from the hibernate validator API which implements the javax.validation Bean Validation standard

@Digits(integer = 10 /*precision*/, fraction = 2 /*scale*/)

From the Javadocs

The annotated element must be a number within accepted range Supported types are:

• BigDecimal
• BigInteger
• CharSequence
• BigInteger
• byte, short, int, long, and their respective wrapper types

null elements are considered valid

Answer 2

@Column(name="Price", columnDefinition="Decimal(10,2) default '100.00'")

Setting default values for columns in JPA

Answer 3

The length element of the Column annotation applies only if a string-valued column is used. In your case, you should use the precision and the scale elements.

@Column(precision=10, scale=2)

Here is what the specification writes about them:

• int - precision - (Optional) The precision for a decimal (exact numeric) column. (Applies only if a decimal column is used.)
• int - scale - (Optional) The scale for a decimal (exact numeric) column. (Applies only if a decimal column is used.)

References

• JPA 1.0 Specification
  • Section 9.1.5 "Column Annotation"

Answer 4

Use @Type (only in Hibernate):

@Column(precision = 5, scale = 4)
@Type(type = "big_decimal")
private double similarity;

Will result in definition (PostgreSQL, Oracle):

similarity numeric(5, 4),
similarity number(5, 4)