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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, Red Hat Middleware LLC or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Middleware LLC.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+package org.hibernate.dialect;
+
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.function.NoArgSQLFunction;
+
+/**
+ * A dialect for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with JDBC Driver 3.0 and above
+ *
+ * @author Gavin King
+ */
+public class SQLServer2008Dialect extends SQLServerDialect {
+	public SQLServer2008Dialect(){
+		registerColumnType( Types.DATE, "date" );
+		registerColumnType( Types.TIME, "time" );
+		registerColumnType( Types.TIMESTAMP, "datetime2" );
+		
+		registerFunction( "current_timestamp", new NoArgSQLFunction("current_timestamp", Hibernate.TIMESTAMP,false) );
+	}
+}