diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/oracle10g.properties b/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/oracle10g.properties
index 0f3d18973..40a37e4b6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/oracle10g.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/oracle10g.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 platform=oracle10g
 # SQL language oddities
-BIGINT = NUMBER(38)
+BIGINT = NUMBER(19)
 IDENTITY = 
 GENERATED = 
 DOUBLE = NUMBER