MySQL Types to Java Types for ResultSet.getObject()

MySQL Type Name Return value ofGetColumnClassName Returned as Java Class
BIT(1) (new in MySQL-5.0) BIT java.lang.Boolean
BIT( > 1) (new in MySQL-5.0) BIT byte[]
TINYINT TINYINT java.lang.Boolean if the configuration property tinyInt1isBit is set to true (the default) and the storage size is 1, or java.lang.Integer if not.
BOOL, BOOLEAN TINYINT See TINYINT, above as these are aliases for TINYINT(1), currently.
SMALLINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] SMALLINT [UNSIGNED] java.lang.Integer (regardless if UNSIGNED or not)
MEDIUMINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] MEDIUMINT [UNSIGNED] java.lang.Integer, if UNSIGNED java.lang.Long (C/J 3.1 and earlier), or java.lang.Integer for C/J 5.0 and later
INT,INTEGER[(M)] [UNSIGNED] INTEGER [UNSIGNED] java.lang.Integer, if UNSIGNED java.lang.Long
BIGINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] BIGINT [UNSIGNED] java.lang.Long, if UNSIGNED java.math.BigInteger
FLOAT[(M,D)] FLOAT java.lang.Float
DOUBLE[(M,B)] DOUBLE java.lang.Double
DECIMAL[(M[,D])] DECIMAL java.math.BigDecimal
DATE DATE java.sql.Date
DATETIME DATETIME java.sql.Timestamp
TIMESTAMP[(M)] TIMESTAMP java.sql.Timestamp
TIME TIME java.sql.Time
YEAR[(2|4)] YEAR If yearIsDateType configuration property is set to false, then the returned object type is java.sql.Short. If set to true (the default), then the returned object is of typejava.sql.Date with the date set to January 1st, at midnight.
CHAR(M) CHAR java.lang.String (unless the character set for the column is BINARY, then byte[] is returned.
VARCHAR(M) [BINARY] VARCHAR java.lang.String (unless the character set for the column is BINARY, then byte[] is returned.
BINARY(M) BINARY byte[]
VARBINARY(M) VARBINARY byte[]
TINYBLOB TINYBLOB byte[]
TINYTEXT VARCHAR java.lang.String
BLOB BLOB byte[]
TEXT VARCHAR java.lang.String
MEDIUMBLOB MEDIUMBLOB byte[]
MEDIUMTEXT VARCHAR java.lang.String
LONGBLOB LONGBLOB byte[]
LONGTEXT VARCHAR java.lang.String
ENUM('value1','value2',...) CHAR java.lang.String
SET('value1','value2',...) CHAR java.lang.String