Using Hibernate 3.1.2 (this was also occuring with 3.0.5) I can't seem to get a list with list-index and base='1' to work. My sequence field is always written starting with 0; the base='1' seems to be ignored. When the list is read by the same object, Hibernate complains that the sequence 0 (that it wrote) is out of bounds.

Here's the mapping:



For some reason, the list sequence field is written starting at 0. Is this my problem, or Hibernates?

Have you studied the output during the configuration process? You'll probably see a syntax error in there. Try 'base="1"', with doublequotes, not single quotes.