Hi andy, anonymous wrote : (1) I need a forum that I can ask newbie questions... I would try this forum hoping there are enough hibernate experts to help you. anonymous wrote : (2) how to get access on the ... You can download the hibernate distribution from sourceforge (the link is on the hibernate.org page :-)). There is the source code included. HTH Marco P. S.: There is also an issue in the hibernate JIRA about the "little" maintenance (http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3881) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4227480#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...