Error message "org.hibernate.TransientObjectException: object references an unsaved transient instance - save the transient instance before flushing: x.y.Class" misleading/uninformative ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-2981 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2981 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 3.2.5 Reporter: Dobes Vandermeer Recently Hibernate gave me this error; it was uninformative because: - It doesn't say what object has the reference - It's not clear what the given class name refers to - It doesn't say what field in that object was being processed. It was misleading because: - The problem was actually caused by passing a non-persistent object as a parameter to a query, not because of references to a non-persistent object So, this sent me in the wrong direction. Hope this helps ... -- 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