Using database specific column type for the hibernate "binary" type does bring you one advantage: you can optimize the buffer size for your database: - For Oracle you use "blob" and stick to the 4k limit. only if you can handle blob yourself then you can exceed this limitation of 4k.
- For Oracle you use "blob" and stick to the 4k limit.
only if you can handle blob yourself then you can exceed this limitation of 4k.