hi,
well i have this problem.i don`t want hibernate to make any changes to my database.
i just want to read from it.i don`t need to perform any changes nor create any new tables or constraints.
currently hibernate tries to make some changes but is not allowed! by the db administrator rights..
but i want to definitely take this right and never worry about it!
is there any flag or property in the general configuration that i could use???

set FlushMode to "never" if you never want to write back to database[/img]

1- If you dont want to save-or-update any data : Set FlushMode to never

2- If you dont want Hibernate to create tables and constraints manually,
fix your mapping!
Hibernate creates tables manually if you specify a "table" in the mapping that doesnt exist in the database.

Well i can set this at run time when already in a session,but what about at start-up time when hibernate is reading the mappings???
the problem is i have one class split in two tables.i can`t change the data model not even touch it.so i create a view in the db and read from it.
hibernate tries to create the table with the same view name but obviously is not allowed to, at startup,because an object(my view) already exists!
but he can read from the view and load me the object.
is there any thing else than would disallow him changing in the db at start-up?