Sorry - I have no idea what you are talking about. Hibernate supports automatic table generation and automatic data import if you want to use it. You don't have to use it. Hibernate supports a number of other mechanisms for creating the database or even reverse engineering a model from the database. You are free to use those mechanisms if you prefer. Nothing is stopping you. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3995911#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...