Hi, 
I have the following database structure (Hibernate 3.1.2): 
ent1----->ent2----->ent3 
with average proportion 1->10->10 (i.e. each 
ent1 has 10 children of 
ent2 having 10 children of 
ent3). 
ent2 has many-to-one mapping to 
ent1 and one-to-many to 
ent3. 
I'm trying to select 
ent2 with some criteria (not important) using HQL and wonder if it is possible to get ALL data in one query?
Currently, code 
Code:
from Ent2 as ent2 left join fetch ent2.parent where...
fetch all 
ent2 and 
ent1, followed by separate SQLs for reading children (
ent3) for each 
ent2 (typical n+1 problem, in my case n>100). 
Following straightforward query 
Code:
from Ent2 as ent2 left join fetch ent2.parent left join fetch ent2.children where...
 produces multiplication - 
ent2 is duplicated for each 
ent3
Is there right pattern optimal from performance point of view for such problem?
Another idea: is it possible having list of 
ent2 (first query result) load their children in one query for all 
ent2?[/b]
thanks in advance,
Andriy