diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/MappingRepository.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/MappingRepository.java
index ecc5e47cd..bdc8f520b 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/MappingRepository.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/MappingRepository.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.meta.Order;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.SequenceMetaData;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.ValueMetaData;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.MetaDataException;
+import org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException;
 
 /**
  * Repository of object/relational mapping information.
@@ -1266,7 +1267,8 @@ public class MappingRepository
             case JavaTypes.NUMBER:
                 return new NumberVersionStrategy();
             default:
-                return NoneVersionStrategy.getInstance();
+                throw new UserException(_loc.get("version-type-unsupported", vfield, vfield.getDeclaredType()));
+//                return NoneVersionStrategy.getInstance();
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/localizer.properties b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/localizer.properties
index 94f8be278..841df94af 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/localizer.properties
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/localizer.properties
@@ -416,4 +416,5 @@ unique-no-table: A unique constraint on table "{0}" can not be added to \
 	mapping of class "{1}" because the table does neither match its primary \
 	table "{2}" nor any of its secondary table(s) "{3}".
 bad-version-column-table: One of the version column "{0}" has been associated \
-	with table "{1}", but no primary or secondary table of such name exists.
\ No newline at end of file
+	with table "{1}", but no primary or secondary table of such name exists.
+version-type-unsupported: Version field "{0}" of {1} is not supported. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jira1100/TestBadVersionField.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jira1100/TestBadVersionField.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12817beb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jira1100/TestBadVersionField.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.openjpa.jira1100;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.Version;
+
+import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.test.SingleEMFTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that entity with unsupported version type can not be used.
+ * Used to ignore such field silently before. 
+ * <BR>
+ * For more details refer
+ * 
+ *   <A HREF="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-1100">OPENJPA-1100</A>
+ *   
+ * @author Pinaki Poddar
+ *
+ */
+public class TestBadVersionField extends SingleEMFTestCase {
+    public void setUp() {
+        super.setUp(CLEAR_TABLES, Data.class);
+    }
+    
+    public void testWrongVersionFieldNotSupported() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
+            fail("Expected to fail with unsupported Version field type");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Declares a Version field of unsupported type.
+     *  
+     */
+    @Entity
+    @Table(name="BadVersionField")
+    public class Data {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private long id;
+        
+        @Version
+        private BigDecimal version;
+
+        public long getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public BigDecimal getVersion() {
+            return version;
+        }
+    }
+
+}