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Hibernate generates error SQL like ".=."

I have 3 tables in Oracle DB which relationship is #ManyToMany. So I have 2 significant tables and one for mappings.
I create a classes with name (if you want I can show my classes) named Entities, Keywords (I understand that naming is not correct but this is not my project I only do optimizations).
I use hibernate version 4.3.4.
I write query like this:
session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession();
String sql = "SELECT DISTINCT r FROM Rules r, Entities e " +
" WHERE r.entities = e.rules " +
" AND e IN :entities ";
Query query = session.createQuery(sql);
query.setParameterList("entities", entitiesList);
List<Rules> rulesList = query.list();
BUT! Hibernate generate strange SQL
Hibernate:
select
rules0_.rule_id as rule_id1_11_,
rules0_.rule as rule2_11_
from
rules rules0_,
entities entities1_,
rules_entities entities2_,
entities entities3_,
rules_entities rules4_,
rules rules5_
where
rules0_.rule_id=entities2_.rule_id
and entities2_.entity_id=entities3_.entity_id
and entities1_.entity_id=rules4_.entity_id
and rules4_.rule_id=rules5_.rule_id
and .=.
and (
entities1_.entity_id in (
? , ? , ? , ?
)
)
When I try to execute this query I receive that error:
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00936: missing expression
When I copy this query to OracleDevepoler he didn`t like this expression "and .=.". Without that query executes correct.
What am I doing wrong ?

Maybe you used bad join in your query? From context i conclude that you should use something like that:
"SELECT DISTINCT r FROM Rules r inner join r.entities e " +
" WHERE e IN :entities ";

I think the correct query could be
select distinct e.rules from Entities where e.entityId in :entities
This is if Keywords is your join table and you have a collection of rules in Entities
If it isn't, can you show the mappings please, it could help.

JPQL query containing LIKE converted into criteria

I need to use the LIKE operator into an JPA query. I need to use it for types other then String but the JPA criteria API allows me to add only String parameters. I tried using the .as(String.class) but something fails and also tried calling the CAST function from the underlying Oracle that again fails for unknown reasons to me.
I tried writing the query also in JPQL and it works as expected. This is the query:
SELECT p from CustomerOrder p where p.id like '%62%'
UPDATE:
The query must be built in a generic fashion as it is for filtering, so it needs to be created at runtime. On the query that is already created I tried to add the LIKE clause like this:
query.where(builder.like(selectAttributePath.as(String.class), "%"+filterValue.toString().toLowerCase()+"%"));
But this crashes with this exception:
org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.QuerySyntaxException: expecting CLOSE, found '(' near line 1, column 156 [select distinct generatedAlias0.id from de.brueckner.mms.proddetailschedact.data.CustomerOrder as generatedAlias0 where cast(generatedAlias0.id as varchar2(255 char)) like :param0]
I executed the same query directly to Oracle using SQLDeveloper, so it should be sound from this point of view. So the problem is the Hibernate is the issue. Any suggestions on how to fix it?
How can I write this query using JPA Criteria?

I fixed the problem by invoking the 'TO_CHAR' function from the underlying Oracle DB and using the LIKE operator like for normal String's.
query.where(builder.like(selectAttributePath.as(String.class), "%" +filterValue.toString().toLowerCase() + "%")

You can try the below code, it might require modifications.
CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<CustomerOrder> cq = cb.createQuery(CustomerOrder.class);
Root<CustomerOrder> order = cq.from(CustomerOrder.class);
cq.where(cb.like(Long.valueOf(order.get(CustomerOrder_.id)).toString(), "%62%"));
TypedQuery<CustomerOrder> q = em.createQuery(cq);
List<CustomerOrder> results = q.getResultList();

QuerySyntaxException : Hibernate not recognizing the postgres query syntax in java

I am facing problem of executing the following query in java using hibernate for postgres tables.
The query is made up to retrive the data from 3 tables using Inner Joins.
Query :
QryJourney = "SELECT journey.id , journey.operatingday, journey.linename, journey.scheduledeparture, journey.scheduledeparturestopname, journeydetail.stopname , journeydetail.latitude, journeydetail.longitude FROM journey left join journey_journeydetail ON journey.id = journey_journeydetail.journey_id left JOIN journeydetail ON journey_journeydetail.journeydetails_id = journeydetail.id WHERE journey.id = '155815228' ORDER BY journeydetail.schedulearrival";
as soon as it executes, following exception occured.
Exception :
Exception in thread "main" org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.QuerySyntaxException: unexpected token: ON near line 1, column 268 [SELECT journey.id , journey.operatingday, journey.linename, journey.scheduledeparture, journey.scheduledeparturestopname, journeydetail.stopname , journeydetail.latitude, journeydetail.longitude FROM de.db.journeyTracker.model.journey left join journey_journeydetail ON journey.id = journey_journeydetail.journey_id left JOIN journeydetail ON journey_journeydetail.journeydetails_id = journeydetail.id WHERE journey.id = '155815228' ORDER BY journeydetail.schedulearrival]
Tis query works 100% fine at postgres while executing on its SQL Pane.
Anybody having any idea?
Regards
Usman

Hibernate queries are written in Hibernate Query Language (HQL) not in native SQL. Rephrase your query in HQL or use a native query to use SQL with Hibernate.
Hibernate is an object-relational mapper. It won't just give you a result set. If you want that, use JDBC directly, using PgJDBC.
If you want native domain objects as query results, use Hibernate with HQL or via a native query mapping. Native queries are fiddlier becuse you have to explicitly tell Hibernate how all the result columns map to your result objects.

"DISTINCT ON" with HQL?

I am trying to get distinct values from table application based on the column entry_id. I've managed to get this working with plain SQL:
SELECT DISTINCT ON (a.entry_id) a.* FROM application AS a
JOIN entry AS e ON e.id = a.entry_id
WHERE e.valid_until BETWEEN ? AND ?;
The problem is, I have to translate it to HQL. Is there any way to resolve it in HQL without Criteria API?

It looks like this feature has been requested a long time ago but is still unresolved.

Does Hibernate HQL support aliasing subqueries?

I'm using Hibernate 3.2.6 and I'm attempting to make a query like so:
select
a,
(select min(date) as someAlias from B b where a.id = b.id)
from A a
where someAlias is not null and someAlias between :start and :end
Imagine that this query makes sense in the context that I'm operating in. When I run this query, I get an error saying "Unknown column 'someAlias' in 'where clause'". When I show the SQL output, I see that SQL doesn't seem to include the 'as someAlias' part of the query.
Is this just unsupported, or am I missing something? Or this just a feature not supported in version of Hibernate?

Translate the query to native sql and fire it on db, it will not work.It is not a valid query because aliases in select clause will not be visible in where clause.
Aliases are supported in HQL.