Puhong You ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16489 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16489?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMjJmNT... ) Re: Hibernate native query returns duplicate column values with addScalar() call ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16489?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMjJmNT... ) Hi, Marco, Thanks for looking into this. I agree with you that the addScalar() call is not necessary, but it should not hurt, correct? Also with addScalar() call, the query.list() returns List<Integer[]> instead of List<Integer>. So I still think there is improvement can be done here. This is also a backward compatibility issue. The addScalar() call was necessary in older versions of hibernate. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16489#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16489#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100224- sha1:07bd2b7 )