Repeated first column when ordering by component ------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-895 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-895 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.0.5 Environment: 3.0.5 Reporter: Nebojsa Bozovic Priority: Minor In org.hibernate.criterion.Order, on line 39, fragment.append( columns[0] ).append( ascending ? " asc" : " desc" ); This causes the first mapped property of a component property by which we are ordering to be repeated for as many mapped properties as the component has. This is erroneous and produces an exception. fragment.append( columns[i] ).append( ascending ? " asc" : " desc" ); Was probably intended. While you're at it, make the member variables 'ascending' and 'propertyName' protected. Private member variables make the class difficult to extend.