diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 64b48e68da..c0c013c518 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -12424,6 +12424,8 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
                 else if (parseKeywordOrIdentifierIf("SMALLSERIAL") ||
                          parseKeywordOrIdentifierIf("SERIAL2"))
                     return SMALLINT.identity(true);
+                else if (parseKeywordOrIdentifierIf("STRING"))
+                    return parseDataTypeCollation(parseDataTypeLength(VARCHAR));
 
                 break;
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Patterns.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Patterns.java
index f48da0c50e..230dc87b61 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Patterns.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Patterns.java
@@ -2456,6 +2456,8 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 
 
+
+