I'm using oracle 9i and H3 and when I send a select statement and return an object using a transform like: SQLQuery q = ses.createSQLQuery( select lata from call_record where npa=:npa and nxx=:nxx ); q.setParameter( "npa", "800" ); q.setParameter( "nxx", "555" ); q.setResultTransformer( Transformers.aliasToBean( LataResult.class ) ); List fromList = q.list(); it fails with: org.hibernate.PropertyNotFoundException: Could not find setter for LATA on class com.LataResult However, when I change: private Long lata; To: private Long LATA; along with getters and setters to: public Long getLATA() { return LATA; } public void setLATA( Long lata ) { LATA = lata; } Then it works. So it is not following Java accessor standards of mixed case method names. Jeff