hibernate-javadoc of Query#setFetchSize:
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Set a fetch size for the underlying JDBC query
javadoc of java.sql.ResultSet#setFetchSize:
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Gives the JDBC driver a hint as to the number of rows that should be fetched from the database when more rows are needed for this ResultSet object. If the fetch size specified is zero, the JDBC driver ignores the value and is free to make its own best guess as to what the fetch size should be. The default value is set by the Statement object that created the result set. The fetch size may be changed at any time.
So it depends on the JDBC-Driver, how setFetchSize is handeled.