Session.createQuery() should not flush the session -------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-1508 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1508 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.1.2 Reporter: Koda Janh Assignee: Steve Ebersole Fix For: 3.2.0.alpha1, 3.1.3 Hi, I asked about this issue on the user forum but got no replies: http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?t=955678 I believe there might be a bug in Session.createQuery() in that it should not be flushing the session. I believe we only need to flush when Query.list() is invoked. Can you please clarify whether the current behavior is a bug or not and why?