Calling session.clear() while retrieving objects via an iterator will cause a "LazyInitializationException - No Session" by the CGLIBLazyInitializer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-2728 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2728 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.2.4.sp1 Environment: Any Reporter: Metin Göktay Priority: Minor Given the following code Iterator stagingIterator = query.iterate("from "+entityName+" where importSourceFile.id = ?", deliveryId); // large result set while (stagingIterator.hasNext()) { Importable staging = stagingIterator.next(); Approvable approvable = this.approve(staging); tmp.add(approvable); i++; if (i % 200 == 0) { LOG.debug("Flushing+Clearing after "+i+" entries."); session.flush(); session.clear(); } } After clearing the session for the first time (resp. after the first 200 entries) the CGLIBInitializer object of next returned HibernateProxy object does not have a session any longer resulting in a "LazyInitializationException - No Session" exception. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira