[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Closed: (HHH-5518) @ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY) annotation generates always an inner join into a query

@ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY) annotation generates always an inner join into a query --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-5518 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-5518 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: query-hql Affects Versions: 3.5.5 Environment: Java 1.6.0_20, Hibernate-EntityManager 3.5.5-Final, HSQLDB, Oracle 11g Reporter: Mathias Arens Attachments: HibernateTest.zip Hibernate generates a left outer join *plus* a inner join for the same relation into my query. I have a simple @ManyToOne annotation for a reference from a alert object to a user object: {code} public class Alert { [...] @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY) @JoinColumn(name = "RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID") private UserDO responsibleUser; [...] } {code} My jpql query is a little more complex: {code:sql} select rra from AlertWithResponsibleUserDO rra left join rra.responsibleUser, TeamDO t, BusinessPartnerSearchDO bps join t.teamMembers tm where rra.businessPartnerId = bps.businessPartnerId and (bps.ratingObjectType = 'STANDARD' or bps.ratingObjectType is null) and bps.analyst = tm.organisationalUnit and t.id = :teamId and rra.severity in (:severities) and bps.locale = :locale and bps.localeBpType = :localeBpType" {code} The central outer join definition is this: {code} AlertWithResponsibleUserDO rra left join rra.responsibleUser {code} But Hibernate keeps creating a left outer join *and* a inner join for this relation whatever I do: {code:sql} from V440_R_ALERTS_WITH_RESP_USER alertwithr0_ left outer join V004_USER userdo1_ on alertwithr0_.F440_F004_RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID=userdo1_.F004_ID inner join V004_USER userdo6_ on alertwithr0_.F440_F004_RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID=userdo6_.F004_ID cross {code} I already tried different queries and @ManyToOne attributes but none of them affected the sql outcome. I tried a similar relation in a different context but there it worked. Hibernate generated only a left outer join into the sql query. But I don't know which settings generate the two joins on the same relation. I have added a simple maven test project. Just unzip the HibernateTest.zip and run 'mvn test'. A starting point for further testing could be the AppTest.testManyToOneInnerJoinIssue() test routine. Thanks for your help in advance.