Hibernate version:
2.1.6

Name and version of the database you are using:
Oracle 9i

Here's the scenario : Parent class P has a set of child elements C, and I am mapping this collection as a one-to-many relationship between P and C. I am using inverse=true, and cascade='all-delete-orphan".

However, when I save the parent P, Hibernate issues two SQL statements for both P and C. The first two statements insert P and C, and the next two statements update P and C. The updates are always redundant, and should not be issued because the relationship between P and C is created during the inserts.

What could I be doing wrong ?

Thanks,
-Anurag

I managed to solve the issue - I was changing the state of the object in the onFlushDirty() and onSave() methods, which is why Hibernate always found a dirty object during persistence, and issued an update after the insert. Better documentation of the Interceptor would probably have been helpful.