> I am using postgresql 8.3 with openJPA 1.2.1. I hit the following error > > org.postgresql.util. > PSQLException: Bad value for type BigDecimal : Y at > org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2ResultSet.toBigDecimal(AbstractJdbc2ResultSet.java:2710)
I'm curious what the column definition is for the mapped field that is defined as a BigDecimal in your JPA ORM. Is it possible for PostgreSQL's numeric data to represent values that exceed the limits of java BigDecimal class?