<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
      "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
      "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
   <session-factory>
      <property name="transaction.factory.class">org.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransactionFactory</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:MyOra</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.username">SYSTEM</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.password">MANAGER</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.pool_size">10</property>
      <property name="show_sql">true</property>
      <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle8iDialect</property>

      <mapping resource="hibernate/Cat.hbm.xml" />
   </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

890 [main] INFO org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory - JDBC driver: Oracle JDBC driver, version: 8.1.5.0.0
java.lang.AbstractMethodError: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDatabaseMetaData.supportsResultSetType(I)Z
   at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:119)
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:2101)
   at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1325)