Hibernate version:
2.1.6

Full stack trace of any exception that occurs:
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Overflow Exception trying to bind 1.7976931348623157E308
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwBatchUpdateException(DatabaseError.java:367)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeBatch(OraclePreparedStatement.java:8739)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DelegatingStatement.executeBatch(DelegatingStatement.java:294)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatchingBatcher.doExecuteBatch(BatchingBatcher.java:54)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.executeBatch(BatcherImpl.java:126)
... 57 more

Name and version of the database you are using:
Oracle 10g

I wonder if it is possible to insert a Double.MAX_VALUE (= 1.7976931348623157E308) constant into oracle: DOUBLE PRECISION datatype is not big enough!
Is it a well-known issue? Does anyone have a solution...?

Cheers

Massimo