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src/main/java/tech/ailef/dbadmin/external/DbAdmin.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
 import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany;
 import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
 import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ public class DbAdmin {
 		ManyToMany manyToMany = f.getAnnotation(ManyToMany.class);
 		ManyToOne manyToOne = f.getAnnotation(ManyToOne.class);
 		OneToOne oneToOne = f.getAnnotation(OneToOne.class);
+		Lob lob = f.getAnnotation(Lob.class);
 		
 		String fieldName = determineFieldName(f);
 		
@@ -212,6 +214,10 @@ public class DbAdmin {
 		DbFieldType fieldType = null;
 		try {
 			fieldType = DbFieldType.fromClass(f.getType());
+			
+			if (fieldType != null && lob != null && fieldType == DbFieldType.STRING) {
+				fieldType = DbFieldType.TEXT;
+			}
 		} catch (DbAdminException e) {
 			// If failure, we try to map a relationship on this field
 		}

src/main/java/tech/ailef/dbadmin/external/dbmapping/DbField.java

@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ public class DbField {
 		return format;
 	}
 	
+	public boolean isText() {
+		return type == DbFieldType.TEXT;
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "DbField [name=" + dbName + ", javaName=" + javaName + ", type=" + type + ", field=" + field

src/main/java/tech/ailef/dbadmin/external/dbmapping/DbFieldType.java

@@ -163,6 +163,28 @@ public enum DbFieldType {
 			return List.of(CompareOperator.CONTAINS, CompareOperator.STRING_EQ);
 		}
 	},
+	TEXT {
+		@Override
+		public String getHTMLName() {
+			return "textarea";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Object parseValue(Object value) {
+			return value;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<?> getJavaClass() {
+			return String.class;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public List<CompareOperator> getCompareOperators() {
+			return List.of(CompareOperator.CONTAINS, CompareOperator.STRING_EQ);
+		}
+		
+	},
 	BOOLEAN {
 		@Override
 		public String getHTMLName() {

src/main/resources/templates/model/create.html

@@ -43,7 +43,20 @@
 											</div>
 										</th:block>
 										<th:block th:unless="${field.isForeignKey()}">
-											
+											<th:block th:if="${field.isText()}">
+												<textarea  placeholder="NULL"  
+														th:name="${field.getName()}" 
+														th:text="
+															${create ? (params != null ? params.getOrDefault(field.getName(), '') : '') 
+															 : (object != null ? object.get(field).getValue() : '' )}
+														"
+														class="form-control" th:id="|__id_${field.getName()}|"
+														th:required="${!field.isNullable() && !field.isPrimaryKey()}"
+														oninvalid="this.setCustomValidity('This field is not nullable.')"
+														rows="5"
+														oninput="this.setCustomValidity('')"></textarea>
+											</th:block>
+											<th:block th:if="${!field.isText()}">
 												<input  th:if="${!field.isBinary()}" placeholder="NULL" th:type="${field.getType().getHTMLName()}" 
 														th:name="${field.getName()}" 
 														th:value="
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@
 														step="any"
 														oninvalid="this.setCustomValidity('This field is not nullable.')"
 														oninput="this.setCustomValidity('')">
+											</th:block>
 													
 											<!--/*--> Binary field <!--*/-->
 											<th:block th:if="${field.isBinary()}">