diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/converter/TagsConverter.java b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/converter/TagsConverter.java
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+/*
+ * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org]
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2015 Alejandro P. Revilla
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.jpos.ee.converter;
+
+import org.jpos.util.Tags;
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+import javax.persistence.Converter;
+
+@Converter(autoApply = true)
+public class TagsConverter implements AttributeConverter<Tags,String> {
+    @Override
+    public String convertToDatabaseColumn(Tags attribute) {
+        return attribute.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Tags convertToEntityAttribute(String dbData) {
+        return new Tags(dbData);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/usertype/TagsType.java b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/usertype/TagsType.java
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+/*
+ * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org]
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2015 Alejandro P. Revilla
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.jpos.ee.usertype;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.usertype.UserType;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+import org.jpos.util.Tags;
+
+public class TagsType implements UserType {
+    private static int[] TYPES = { Types.VARCHAR };
+
+    @Override
+    public int[] sqlTypes() {
+        return TYPES;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class returnedClass() {
+        return Tags.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object a, Object b) throws HibernateException {
+        return (a == b) || ((a != null) && (b != null) && (a.equals(b)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode(Object o) throws HibernateException {
+        return o.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs, String[] names, SessionImplementor session, Object owner) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        String tags = rs.getString(names[0]);
+        if (rs.wasNull())
+            return null;
+        return new Tags(tags);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st, Object value, int index, SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        if (value==null) {
+            st.setNull(index, Types.VARCHAR);
+        } else {
+            st.setString (index, value.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deepCopy(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        if (value == null)
+            return null;
+        return new Tags(value.toString());
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMutable() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Serializable disassemble(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        return (Serializable) value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object assemble(Serializable cached, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return cached;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object replace(Object original, Object target, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return new Tags(original.toString());
+    }
+}
+