diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
index f9f7584633..c80583f963 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.Nullability.NOT_NULL;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.DERBY;
+// ...
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.unquotedName;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BLOB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.CLOB;
@@ -447,6 +448,12 @@ abstract class AbstractDataType<T> extends AbstractNamed implements DataType<T>
             // precision support in DDL.
             if (isTimestamp() && NO_SUPPORT_TIMESTAMP_PRECISION.contains(dialect))
                 return castTypePrefix0() + castTypeSuffix0();
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                 return castTypePrefix0() + "(" + precision() + ", " + scale() + ")" + castTypeSuffix0();
             else
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Cast.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Cast.java
index 18f74091a6..8f0714bcee 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Cast.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Cast.java
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ final class Cast<T> extends AbstractField<T> {
 
 
 
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             case DERBY:
                 ctx.visit(new CastDerby());
                 break;
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diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
index ded0794b3e..56c3486c3e 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_TRUE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_YEAR_TO_DAY;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_YEAR_TO_FRACTION;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BLOB;
+import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.CHAR;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.DATE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.DOUBLE;
+import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.LONGVARCHAR;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.OTHER;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.ROWID;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.TIME;
@@ -709,7 +711,7 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
 
             // [#1727] VARCHAR types should be cast to their actual lengths in some
             // dialects
-            else if (FIREBIRD == family && (sqlDataType == SQLDataType.VARCHAR || sqlDataType == SQLDataType.CHAR))
+            else if (FIREBIRD == family && (sqlDataType == VARCHAR || sqlDataType == CHAR))
                 if (dataType.lengthDefined())
                     sqlCast(ctx, converted, dataType, dataType.length(), null, null);
                 else