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+Database-level field value conversion using custom mapping types
+================================================================
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Jan Sorgalla <jsorgalla@googlemail.com>
+
+When creating entities, you sometimes have the need to transform field values
+before they are saved to the database. In Doctrine you can use Custom Mapping 
+Types to solve this (see: :ref:`my-reference-label`). 
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 -  ``scale``: (optional, default 0) The scale for a decimal (exact
    numeric) column. (Applies only if a decimal column is used.)
 
+.. _reference-basic_mapping-custom_mapping_types:
+
 Custom Mapping Types
 --------------------