NHibernate HQL join query for list of entities returning duplicates

Question

I am attempting to query entities with HQL in order to return a list of objects. The query returns the correct number of rows, but the first entry (ie the first row returned is duplicated across all entities). What could be the cause of this problem?

The HQL query is

   using (ISession session = NHibernateHelper.OpenSession())
   {

    var query = session.CreateQuery(@"
    select facts from Fact as facts 
    inner join facts.FactorDimension as facDim 
    inner join facts.MarketDimension as markDim
    inner join facDim.TargetDimension as tarDim where 
    markDim.MarketID = :marketId
    and tarDim.TargetID = :targetId
    and facts.ReportYear = :untilReportYear
    and facts.ReportMonth <= :untilReportMonth
    and facts.ReportMonth >= 1
    ");

       query.SetString("targetId", targetId.ToString());
       query.SetString("marketId", marketId.ToString());
       query.SetString("untilReportMonth", untilPeriod.Month.ToString());
       query.SetString("untilReportYear", untilPeriod.Year.ToString());

     return query.List<Fact>();
   }

and the mapping file is

    <class name="Fact" table="Fact">  

      <composite-id>
        <key-many-to-one name="MarketDimension" column="MarketID" 
class="MarketDimension"/>
        <key-many-to-one name="FactorDimension" column="FactorID" class="FactorDimension"/>       
      </composite-id> 

      <property name="ReportMonth" />
      <property name="ReportYear" />

    </class>

Thanks.

Answer 1

Specify that the query should use a Transformer: the DistinctRootEntityTransformer.

query.SetResultTransformer(Transformers.DistinctRootEntity);

Answer 2

I managed to resolve this by doing the following.

There is a composite key in the table being used as a primary key, I removed the composite key and added a single primary key column. This new mapping results in the correct entities being returned from the query.

If anyone has any explanation as to why this would be the case please add some comments. Thanks.

 <class name="Fact" table="Fact">

      <id name="FactID">
        <generator class="guid"/>
      </id>

      <many-to-one name="MarketDimension" column="MarketID" class="MarketDimension"/>
      <many-to-one name="FactorDimension" column="FactorID" class="FactorDimension"/>      


      <property name="ReportMonth" />
      <property name="ReportYear" />

    </class>