PostgreSQL JDBC Null String taken as a bytea

Question

If entity.getHistory() is null following code snippet:

(getEntityManager() returns spring injected EntityManager, database field history type is: text or varchar2(20

Answer 1

Using Hibernate specific Session API works as a workaround:

String sql = "INSERT INTO person (id, name) VALUES (:id, :name)";
Session session = em.unwrap(Session.class);
SQLQuery insert = session.createSQLQuery(sql);
sql.setInteger("id", 123);
sql.setString("name", null);
insert.executeUpdate();

I've also filed HHH-9165 to report this issue, if it is indeed a bug.