Hibernate: load a field from a query , but don't insert it to the table

Question

Hey

I have a bean with a certain field f1 that should not be mapped into the table , but sometime I do want to load it from some queries (not the table itself)

Can it be done? How?

I've tried declaring it @Transient , but then it doesn't read it from the query , even when I declare <return-property name="f1" column="f1"/>

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try mapping it like normal but setting insert and update to false. Or, you could define it as a formula that just has the column name in the formula. Hibernate will query it just fine but will know not to try to write it.