NullPointerException in QueryTranslatorImpl on erroneously typed delete query ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-7192 URL: https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HHH-7192 Project: Hibernate ORM Issue Type: Bug Components: query-hql Affects Versions: 4.1.1, 4.1.0 Environment: Hibernate 4.1.1 (also affects 4.1.0), Postgresql Reporter: Alex Cruise Calling code: val deleteFileQuery = "delete from FileInstanceEntity f where f.uri = 'file:/blah.txt'" em.getTransaction.begin() val q = em.createQuery(deleteFileQuery, classOf[FileInstanceEntity]) // FYI classOf[Foo] is the Scala equivalent of Java's Foo.class -- // and it's the presence of this parameter that causes problems q.executeUpdate() em.getTransaction.commit() Stack trace: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.QueryTranslatorImpl.getDynamicInstantiationResultType(QueryTranslatorImpl.java:571) at org.hibernate.engine.query.spi.HQLQueryPlan.getDynamicInstantiationResultType(HQLQueryPlan.java:340) at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.createQuery(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:313) at com.example.JpaEntityTest$.main(JpaEntityTest.scala:178) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira