package com.yourcompany.util ;  
  
import java.sql.Types;  
  
import org.hibernate.Hibernate;  
import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect;  
  
public class CustomDialect extends MySQL5Dialect {  
    public CustomDialect() {  
        super();  
        registerHibernateType(Types.DECIMAL, Hibernate.BIG_DECIMAL.getName());  
        registerHibernateType(-1, Hibernate.STRING.getName());  
    }  
}  

<property name="hibernate.dialect">  
      com.yourcompany.CustomDialect  
</property>