Named SQL queries can be defined in the mapping document and called in exactly the same way as a named HQL query. In this case, you do not need to call addEntity().
<sql-query name="persons">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex}
FROM PERSON person
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
<sql-query name="persons">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex}
FROM PERSON person
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
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List people = sess.getNamedQuery("persons")
.setString("namePattern", namePattern)
.setMaxResults(50)
.list();
List people = sess.getNamedQuery("persons")
.setString("namePattern", namePattern)
.setMaxResults(50)
.list();
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The <return-join> element is use to join associations and the <load-collection> element is used to define queries which initialize collections,
<sql-query name="personsWith">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
<return-join alias="address" property="person.mailingAddress"/>
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex},
address.STREET AS {address.street},
address.CITY AS {address.city},
address.STATE AS {address.state},
address.ZIP AS {address.zip}
FROM PERSON person
JOIN ADDRESS address
ON person.ID = address.PERSON_ID AND address.TYPE='MAILING'
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
<sql-query name="personsWith">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
<return-join alias="address" property="person.mailingAddress"/>
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex},
address.STREET AS {address.street},
address.CITY AS {address.city},
address.STATE AS {address.state},
address.ZIP AS {address.zip}
FROM PERSON person
JOIN ADDRESS address
ON person.ID = address.PERSON_ID AND address.TYPE='MAILING'
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
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A named SQL query may return a scalar value. You must declare the column alias and Hibernate type using the <return-scalar> element:
<sql-query name="mySqlQuery">
<return-scalar column="name" type="string"/>
<return-scalar column="age" type="long"/>
SELECT p.NAME AS name,
p.AGE AS age,
FROM PERSON p WHERE p.NAME LIKE 'Hiber%'
</sql-query>
<sql-query name="mySqlQuery">
<return-scalar column="name" type="string"/>
<return-scalar column="age" type="long"/>
SELECT p.NAME AS name,
p.AGE AS age,
FROM PERSON p WHERE p.NAME LIKE 'Hiber%'
</sql-query>
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You can externalize the resultset mapping information in a <resultset> element which will allow you to either reuse them across several named queries or through the setResultSetMapping() API.
<resultset name="personAddress">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
<return-join alias="address" property="person.mailingAddress"/>
</resultset>
<sql-query name="personsWith" resultset-ref="personAddress">
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex},
address.STREET AS {address.street},
address.CITY AS {address.city},
address.STATE AS {address.state},
address.ZIP AS {address.zip}
FROM PERSON person
JOIN ADDRESS address
ON person.ID = address.PERSON_ID AND address.TYPE='MAILING'
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
<resultset name="personAddress">
<return alias="person" class="eg.Person"/>
<return-join alias="address" property="person.mailingAddress"/>
</resultset>
<sql-query name="personsWith" resultset-ref="personAddress">
SELECT person.NAME AS {person.name},
person.AGE AS {person.age},
person.SEX AS {person.sex},
address.STREET AS {address.street},
address.CITY AS {address.city},
address.STATE AS {address.state},
address.ZIP AS {address.zip}
FROM PERSON person
JOIN ADDRESS address
ON person.ID = address.PERSON_ID AND address.TYPE='MAILING'
WHERE person.NAME LIKE :namePattern
</sql-query>
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You can, alternatively, use the resultset mapping information in your hbm files directly in java code.
List cats = sess.createSQLQuery(
"select {cat.*}, {kitten.*} from cats cat, cats kitten where kitten.mother = cat.id"
)
.setResultSetMapping("catAndKitten")
.list();
List cats = sess.createSQLQuery(
"select {cat.*}, {kitten.*} from cats cat, cats kitten where kitten.mother = cat.id"
)
.setResultSetMapping("catAndKitten")
.list();
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