JPA: how do I persist a String into a database field, type MYSQL Text

Question

The requirement is that the user can write an article, therefore I choose type Text for the content field inside mysql database. How can I convert

Answer 1

With @Lob I always end up with a LONGTEXTin MySQL.

To get TEXT I declare it that way (JPA 2.0):

@Column(columnDefinition = "TEXT")
private String text

Find this better, because I can directly choose which Text-Type the column will have in database.

For columnDefinition it is also good to read this.

EDIT: Please pay attention to Adam Siemions comment and check the database engine you are using, before applying columnDefinition = "TEXT".