diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index c2dc83ef33..437c61845c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -312,6 +312,23 @@ public abstract class Dialect implements ConversionContext {
 		return getTypeName( code, Column.DEFAULT_LENGTH, Column.DEFAULT_PRECISION, Column.DEFAULT_SCALE );
 	}
 
+	public String cast(String value, int jdbcTypeCode, int length, int precision, int scale) {
+		if ( jdbcTypeCode == Types.CHAR ) {
+			return "cast(" + value + " as char(" + length + "))";
+		}
+		else {
+			return "cast(" + value + "as " + getTypeName( jdbcTypeCode, length, precision, scale ) + ")";
+		}
+	}
+
+	public String cast(String value, int jdbcTypeCode, int length) {
+		return cast( value, jdbcTypeCode, length, Column.DEFAULT_PRECISION, Column.DEFAULT_SCALE );
+	}
+
+	public String cast(String value, int jdbcTypeCode, int precision, int scale) {
+		return cast( value, jdbcTypeCode, Column.DEFAULT_LENGTH, precision, scale );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Subclasses register a type name for the given type code and maximum
 	 * column length. <tt>$l</tt> in the type name with be replaced by the
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/spi/PersistentTableBulkIdStrategy.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/spi/PersistentTableBulkIdStrategy.java
index 1655f13340..15cb17af46 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/spi/PersistentTableBulkIdStrategy.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/spi/PersistentTableBulkIdStrategy.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -212,7 +213,10 @@ public class PersistentTableBulkIdStrategy implements MultiTableBulkIdStrategy {
 		return new TableBasedDeleteHandlerImpl( factory, walker ) {
 			@Override
 			protected String extraIdSelectValues() {
-				return "cast(? as char)";
+				final Dialect dialect = factory().getDialect();
+				return dialect.requiresCastingOfParametersInSelectClause()
+						? dialect.cast( "?", Types.CHAR, 36 )
+						: "?";
 			}
 
 			@Override