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						 Criteria c = getSession().createCriteria(Table1.class);
 
 c.createAlias("table2", "table2", JoinFragment.LEFT_OUTER_JOIN);
 
 c.add(Restrictions.disjunction().
               add(Restrictions.ilike("fieldTab1", "blabla",  MatchMode.ANYWHERE)).
               add(Restrictions.ilike("table2.fieldTab2", "blabla", MatchMode.ANYWHERE));
 
 
 this works for the mappings
 
 
 <hibernate-mapping>
     <class name="ro.test.Table1" table="TABLE1">
 
         <id name="id" type="java.lang.Long">
             <column name="TABLE1_ID"/>
             <generator class="assigned"/>
         </id>
 
         <many-to-one name="table2"
                      class="ro.test.Table2">
             <column name="TABLE2_ID"/>
         </many-to-one>
 
         <property name="fieldTable1" type="java.lang.String">
             <column name="FIELD_TABLE_1" length="60"/>
         </property>
 
      </class>
 
     <class name="ro.test.Table2" table="TABLE2">
 
         <id name="id" type="java.lang.Long">
             <column name="TABLE2_ID"/>
             <generator class="assigned"/>
         </id>
 
        <property name="fieldTable2" type="java.lang.String">
             <column name="FIELD_TABLE_2" length="60"/>
         </property>
 
      </class>
 </hibernate-mapping>
 
 
 You can put any condition you want but the table has to be linked in some way (in this example is one-to-many) 
											 _________________ Alexandru BARBAT
					
  
						
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