Very weird.  I have a table
+---------+---------+--------------+
| ITEM_ID | version | name         |
+---------+---------+--------------+
|       1 |      11        | yyyyyyyyy    |
|       2 |       0         | another item |
+---------+---------+--------------+
When I run the SQL generated by hibernate, I get all the entries, but when I run the simple HQL query of "from NamedItem", I get two namedItems both representing row 1 instead of two objects representing each row.
Hibernate version: 
2.1
Code between sessionFactory.openSession() and session.close():
Code:
      Query byName = session.createQuery("from NamedItem");
      List l = byName.list();
      for(int i = 0; i < l.size(); i++) {
         NamedItem item = (NamedItem)l.get(0);
         System.out.println("item["+i+"]="+item);
      }
Mapping documents:Code:
<hibernate-mapping>
    <class
        name="biz.xsoftware.model.chap5.NamedItem"
        table="CHAP5_ITEM"
        dynamic-update="false"
        dynamic-insert="false"
    >
        <id
            name="id"
            column="ITEM_ID"
            type="java.lang.Long"
        >
            <generator class="increment">
            </generator>
        </id>
        <version
            name="version"
            type="int"
            column="version"
            access="property"
            unsaved-value="undefined"
        />
        <property
            name="name"
            type="java.lang.String"
            update="true"
            insert="true"
            access="property"
            column="name"
        />
        <!--
            To add non XDoclet property mappings, create a file named
                hibernate-properties-NamedItem.xml
            containing the additional properties and place it in your merge dir.
        -->
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>
Full stack trace of any exception that occurs:
Name and version of the database you are using:
MySQL
The generated SQL (show_sql=true):
Hibernate: select nameditem0_.ITEM_ID as ITEM_ID, nameditem0_.version as version, nameditem0_.name as name from CHAP5_ITEM nameditem0_
item[0]=(yyyyyyyyy,1,11)
item[1]=(yyyyyyyyy,1,11)
Debug level Hibernate log excerpt: