Christian Beikov ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-15593 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15593?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiODAyNz... ) Re: Illegal Update-Statement generated ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15593?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiODAyNz... ) I understand that this is unfortunate, but I doubt that you want the semantically correct query: update NACHRICHT set titel= 'abc' where LID=( select N.LID from NACHRICHT N join PORTALNUTZER PN on N.LSENDERID=PN.LID where PN.LID=? ) You will just have to switch to the fk function if you want to access the foreign key column of an association that has a NotFoundAction specified. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15593#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15593#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#100208- sha1:38b2e23 )