quoted multi-byte character in HQL is translated into weird character in SQL. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-559 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-559 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Environment: 3.0.X Reporter: zhangwei Assignee: Joshua Davis Fix For: 3.1 beta 1 Time Spent: 1h Remaining Estimate: 1h HQL: from User user where user.name like '%\u4e2d%' generated SQL: .... where user0_.name like '%ÖÐ%'(which seems to be '%\u00d6\u00d0%')